Putin calls Khamenei’s killing a “cynical murder” that violates international law

2026-03-01 - 13:38

In his first official comments since US-Israeli strikes on Iran and ensuing retaliatory strikes, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the targeted killing of Iran’s supreme leader a “cynical murder,” Russian state media agency TASS reported. The Russian leader described Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death as a murder that violated “all norms of human morality and