Putin: Killing of Khamenei a 'cynical violation' of morality

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the sidesplitting of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei connected Sunday, calling the death, which came amid strikes from Israel and the U.S. a "cynical violation" of norms.

Putin made the connection successful a missive to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that the Kremlin released to the nationalist successful the aftermath of Khamenei's death. Saturday's bold daytime strikes eliminated Khamenei on with respective different apical Iranian leaders, including the caput of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

"Please judge my heavy condolences successful transportation with the execution of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Ali Khamenei, and members of his family, committed successful cynical usurpation of each norms of quality morality and planetary law," Putin wrote.

"In our country, Ayatollah Khamenei volition beryllium remembered arsenic an outstanding statesman who made a immense idiosyncratic publication to the improvement of affable Russian-Iranian relations and bringing them to the level of a broad strategical partnership," Putin continued.

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the sidesplitting of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. (Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"I inquire you to convey my astir sincere sympathy and enactment to the household and friends of the Supreme Leader, the authorities and the full radical of Iran," helium added.

Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani condemned the associated U.S.-Israeli strikes that rained down connected his state passim Saturday during a U.N. Security Council meeting.

Iravani accused the U.S. of undermining its claims of pursuing planetary stableness portion attacking a sovereign state for its "domestic" activities.

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Demonstrators stitchery successful Basra, Iraq, connected Feb. 28, 2026, to protestation U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran. (Haidar Mohammed Ali/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"Neither the charter nor planetary instrumentality admit interior matters of a authorities arsenic justification for the usage of unit by different states. The regularisation of instrumentality would beryllium replaced by the regularisation of force," Iravani said.

"Iran volition proceed to workout its close of self-defense decisively and without hesitation until the aggression ceases successful afloat and unequivocal terms."

On Saturday morning, President Donald Trump ordered the execution of Operation Epic Fury, citing Tehran’s continued efforts to make a atomic weapon.

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"It has ever been the argumentation of the United States, successful peculiar my administration, that this violent authorities tin ne'er person a atomic weapon. I'll accidental it again. They tin ne'er person a atomic weapon," Trump said successful remarks astir the onslaught Saturday.

Trump said the strikes were meant to "defend the American radical by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime" and that they had travel aft Iran had refused to wantonness plans to make atomic capabilities.

This representation shows the targets of Iran's retaliatory strikes. (Fox News)

Iravani called the onslaught a continuation of longstanding U.S. aggression against Iran.

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"Mr. president, this greeting the United States regime, jointly and successful coordination with the Israeli regime, initiated an unprovoked and premeditated aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 2nd clip successful caller months," Irvani said, referring to strikes the U.S. carried retired against its atomic enrichment sites past year. "The president of the United States and the premier curate of the Israeli authorities person openly claimed work for this enactment of aggression and person explicitly articulated authorities alteration arsenic their objective, an unmistakable admittance of their intent to interruption Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity."

Fox News' Leo Briceno and Reuters contributed to this report.

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