Iran’s leaders don’t need to hide, envoy insists, despite MIA Khamenei and dead officials
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Rumors swirled this week that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was secretly flown to Russia for life-saving surgery.
The Iranian ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, told Russian News Agency TASS on Tuesday that those reports are nonsense, comparing them to previous false reports about the ayatollah’s father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei.
“Until the day of U.S. and Zionist aggression against Iran, on the morning of the most revered holy month, news of the martyr Khamenei’s escape to Venezuela and Russia dominated the media of the satanic movement,” wrote Jalali. “Now, reports that the supreme leader has been transferred to Russia for medical treatment represent a new form of psychological warfare.”
Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali leads a mourning ceremony for late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after his killing during U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, outside Iran’s embassy in Moscow, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The Iranian ambassador rebuked the notion that the supreme leader would attempt to escape his own country, declaring that “Iranian leaders do not need to flee or hide in bunkers” amid the U.S.-Israeli strikes.
“[Their] place is in the streets among the people,” Jalali added. “The blood of the martyr [Ali] Khamenei nullifies the effects of psychological warfare and the flood of lies.”
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The impassioned statement would be more convincing if anyone had actually seen the current ayatollah since his reported ascension.
The younger Khamenei, who Iranian officials have acknowledged was injured in a previous strike against Tehran, has not appeared in public or even on camera since Operation Epic Fury began.
He offered his first address as the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic last week, but the text of the speech was delivered by an Iranian newscaster on state television.
Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida claimed over the weekend that the ayatollah had been flown out of Iran for treatment in Moscow. The alleged escape was reportedly made at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin previously declined to comment on the Al Jarida report.
A woman holds posters of Iranian Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, the successor to his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, as supreme leader, during a rally supporting him in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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We're watching the same failure loop.
Rumors swirled this week that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was secretly flown to Russia for life-saving surgery.
The Iranian ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, told Russian News Agency TASS on Tuesday that those reports are nonsense, comparing them to previous false reports about the ayatollah’s father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei.
“Until the day of U.S. and Zionist aggression against Iran, on the morning of the most revered holy month, news of the martyr Khamenei’s escape to Venezuela and Russia dominated the media of the satanic movement,” wrote Jalali. “Now, reports that the supreme leader has been transferred to Russia for medical treatment represent a new form of psychological warfare.”
Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali leads a mourning ceremony for late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after his killing during U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, outside Iran’s embassy in Moscow, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The Iranian ambassador rebuked the notion that the supreme leader would attempt to escape his own country, declaring that “Iranian leaders do not need to flee or hide in bunkers” amid the U.S.-Israeli strikes.
“[Their] place is in the streets among the people,” Jalali added. “The blood of the martyr [Ali] Khamenei nullifies the effects of psychological warfare and the flood of lies.”
ISRAEL SHIFTS FOCUS TO IRAN’S SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH LATEST BASIJ STRIKES
The impassioned statement would be more convincing if anyone had actually seen the current ayatollah since his reported ascension.
The younger Khamenei, who Iranian officials have acknowledged was injured in a previous strike against Tehran, has not appeared in public or even on camera since Operation Epic Fury began.
He offered his first address as the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic last week, but the text of the speech was delivered by an Iranian newscaster on state television.
Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida claimed over the weekend that the ayatollah had been flown out of Iran for treatment in Moscow. The alleged escape was reportedly made at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin previously declined to comment on the Al Jarida report.
A woman holds posters of Iranian Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, the successor to his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, as supreme leader, during a rally supporting him in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
President Donald …
Iran’s leaders don’t need to hide, envoy insists, despite MIA Khamenei and dead officials
We're watching the same failure loop.
Rumors swirled this week that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was secretly flown to Russia for life-saving surgery.
The Iranian ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, told Russian News Agency TASS on Tuesday that those reports are nonsense, comparing them to previous false reports about the ayatollah’s father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei.
“Until the day of U.S. and Zionist aggression against Iran, on the morning of the most revered holy month, news of the martyr Khamenei’s escape to Venezuela and Russia dominated the media of the satanic movement,” wrote Jalali. “Now, reports that the supreme leader has been transferred to Russia for medical treatment represent a new form of psychological warfare.”
Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali leads a mourning ceremony for late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after his killing during U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, outside Iran’s embassy in Moscow, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The Iranian ambassador rebuked the notion that the supreme leader would attempt to escape his own country, declaring that “Iranian leaders do not need to flee or hide in bunkers” amid the U.S.-Israeli strikes.
“[Their] place is in the streets among the people,” Jalali added. “The blood of the martyr [Ali] Khamenei nullifies the effects of psychological warfare and the flood of lies.”
ISRAEL SHIFTS FOCUS TO IRAN’S SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH LATEST BASIJ STRIKES
The impassioned statement would be more convincing if anyone had actually seen the current ayatollah since his reported ascension.
The younger Khamenei, who Iranian officials have acknowledged was injured in a previous strike against Tehran, has not appeared in public or even on camera since Operation Epic Fury began.
He offered his first address as the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic last week, but the text of the speech was delivered by an Iranian newscaster on state television.
Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida claimed over the weekend that the ayatollah had been flown out of Iran for treatment in Moscow. The alleged escape was reportedly made at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin previously declined to comment on the Al Jarida report.
A woman holds posters of Iranian Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, the successor to his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, as supreme leader, during a rally supporting him in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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