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2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran

Ongoing armed conflict in West Asia

The 2026 Iran war began on 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched surprise airstrikes on multiple sites and cities across Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israel, US bases, and US-allied countries in the Middle East.

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The full top 10 of March 1, 2026

The most-viewed Wikipedia articles that day, by raw page views.

  1. #2
    Ali Khamenei
    Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
    4,466,000
  2. #4
    2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran WikiPop's pick
    1,060,165
  3. #6
    Ruhollah Khomeini
    Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
    824,827
  4. #7
    Iran
    Country in West Asia
    772,506
  5. #8
    Assassination of Ali Khamenei
    2026 assassination in Tehran, Iran
    656,571
  6. #10
    Supreme Leader of Iran
    Highest political and religious office in Iran
    477,176
  7. #11
    Elimination Chamber (2026)
    WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event
    422,424
  8. #12
    Masoud Pezeshkian
    President of Iran since 2024
    421,620
  9. #13
    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
    Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979
    412,742
  10. #14
    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
    President of Iran from 2005 to 2013
    370,605
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In criminal and property law, theft by finding occurs when someone chances upon an object which seems abandoned and takes possession of the object, but fails to take steps to establish whether the object is genuinely abandoned and not merely lost or unattended before taking it for themselves. In some jurisdictions, the crime is called "larceny by finding" or "stealing by finding". Continue reading
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