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Trump says 48 leaders killed in strikes on Iran, in Fox News interview

By Thomson Reuters Mar 1, 2026 | 10:18 AM

WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox ​News on Sunday ‌that 48 leaders have been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes ‌on ​Iran.

“It’s moving ⁠along. It’s ⁠moving along rapidly. This has been this way for 47 years,” ​he was quoted as saying ⁠in an ⁠interview with a ​Fox News reporter. “It’s moving ​along rapidly. Nobody can ‌believe the success we’re having, 48 leaders are gone in ⁠one shot. And it’s moving along rapidly.”

The interview ⁠with ‌Trump was posted ⁠on X by ​Fox ‌News’ “The Sunday Briefing” ​anchor ⁠Jacqui Heinrich.

(Reporting by Bo Erickson and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Paul Simao and Edmund ​Klamann)