US President Donald Trump has stated that he believes Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still alive, though he suffered severe injuries during ongoing military operations, as mystery continues to shroud the appearance of the Iranian leader.
Concluding his assessment, the President expressed absolute confidence in the trajectory of current campaigns, stating, “Those things are going toward a very big victory. We had the victory in Venezuela, and we’re going to have a big victory here.
The footage was reportedly filmed before Khamenei became the Supreme Leader, according to Al Arabiya.
The video of Mojtaba Khamenei was published for the first time by Mehr, a semi-official news agency sponsored by the government of Iran and run by the Iranian government’s Islamic Development Organisation, as an effort to negate mounting speculation over Khamenei’s health and whereabouts. Channel 14, citing sources inside Iran, and an earlier report by The Jerusalem Post, quoting IranWire and sources close to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s administration, reported that concerns over his health were circulating within Iran’s leadership.
Previously, Israeli media reports had claimed that Khamenei was in an “extremely critical condition”. Shortly thereafter, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stated that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “completely healthy”, dismissing speculations regarding his physical condition, according to a report by the ISNA news agency. “Someone who can sit and discuss for seven to eight hours cannot have any health problems,” the President said, noting that he had held a “very good” meeting with Khamenei earlier in August.
