Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad Confirmed Alive After Reports He Had Been Killed

Tehran — Former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was confirmed to be alive. Initially, the Iran president from 2005 to 2013 was reported killed in the first strike of the Zionist-Israeli aggression alongside the United States (US) at the end of last weekend. Anadolu Agency reported that Ahmadinejad’s condition was unharmed, although the Zionist-US invaders’ attack targeted senior Iranian figures from the first day of the assault, Saturday, 28 February 2026. ‘Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still alive and uninjured although the joint US-Israel attack targeted senior leadership in Iran, and Iran’s military infrastructure,’ the Anadolu Agency report quoted on Wednesday, 4 March 2026. One of his aides, who is a bodyguard, told the Turkish news agency about Ahmadinejad’s condition, which remained fine. ‘I have spoken with him (Ahmadinejad). And everything is fine,’ the source told Anadolu. However, the Anadolu source noted that the US-Israel attack did strike a building that serves as a base for Ahmadinejad’s security detail. It was reported that one guard from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was also killed in the attack. The strike point was said to be no more than 100 metres from Ahmadinejad’s location. ‘But he (Ahmadinejad) was unaffected and not targeted,’ Anadolu wrote.