India, March 3 -- US and Israel claims the killing of Ayatollah Arfi, Iran's interim Supreme leader, in what viral social posts and some outlets describe as a precision airstrike on Tehran. The rumor has spread quickly across platforms like Reddit and Telegram amidst escalating Middle East conflict narratives.

According to these posts, the strike was launched shortly after Ayatollah Alireza Arafi assumed the role of interim Supreme Leader, a position he reached following the death of long-time Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during joint US-Israeli military operations, a leadership shift that has thrust Iran into one of the gravest succession crises in its modern history, with a temporary leadership council taking charge amid cons...