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Smoke rises from a burning building hit by an Iranian drone strike, after Israel and the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, in the Seef district of Manama, Bahrain, Feb. 28, 2026. (OSV News photo/Hamad I Mohammed, Reuters)

Sorrow, shock, prayer for Catholics in Middle East as US and Israel strike Iran; Khamenei now dead

By Gina Christian, OSV News Catholics across the Middle East are reeling with shock and sorrow, and responding with prayer, amid joint strikes Israeli and U.S. forces launched on Iran Feb. 28. The U.S. and Israel revealed that Iran's supreme leader, 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is among the country's senior leaders killed in the initial…...