Posted on 08/09/2026 3:23:55 PM PDT by Libloather
Iran released a rare video Sunday of its supreme leader appearing in prime condition amid his long absence from the public eye and swirling reports of deteriorating health.
The country’s semi-official Mehr News Agency flaunted video of Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, sitting in a circle and speaking with a group of men, with no context of when or where the scene took place.
Khamenei was notably free of any of the horrific injuries he was believed to have suffered in the initial airstrikes of the war that killed his father, suggesting the video was taken before the conflict began.
The supreme leader, who has yet to be seen in public in nearly half a year, suffered severe leg and facial injuries in the Feb. 28 strike on his father’s compound, according to Washington and Tehran.
Khamenei’s face was disfigured in the strike and has been kept out of the public eye, sources close to the supreme leader told Reuters, with recent reports suggesting the supreme leader was suffering health complications from his injuries.
Iranian officials have repeatedly denied that Khamenei’s health is deteriorating and that he merely serves as a puppet for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that backs his rule.
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I’m sure it’s good enough for the Trump hating fake news media.
His Hand looks fake
Zoom in on that picture. It looks doctored. His right hand looks particularly strange to me.
Four seconds ahead of me!
He is either dead or organic soup clinging to life. In fact this became an opportunity for the IRG to claim supreme power. They edit all he says and claim it it real. It is not.
He’s dead, Jim. The IRGC will announce it soon according to sources.
Yep, my mistake. His right side is missing. That hand is a prop from Party City.
They should release a split-screen video with him talking to McConnell. McConnell can be holding today’s newspaper.
BETCHA IT IS A PROSTHETIC ARM/HAND
All this time I have complained here that the news media shows the same OLD, OUTDATED photos of the fearless leader with happy fans. NOT recent ones and NOT labeled by the media as “January, 2026 File Photo” as they do with old UFO scenes.
Funny would be the Iran fearless leader holding up a newspaper with
Mitch McConnell smiling in pajamas “I feel fine.”
Followed by el-Sayed and Hasan Piker choking back tears. "A lot of people in Dearborn, Michigan are sad today."
That’s why they tried to blur out “#1 Cheese Head Fan” from the foam hand prop.
RE: Zoom in on that picture. It looks doctored. His right hand looks particularly strange to me.
Karen Black and the others agreed.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=horror+movie+creeping+hand&FORM=HDRSC3
The photo may be an old one before the war and bombings.
I’d be almost funny if he’s dead too.
This is ripe for a Monty Python skin, “who wants the be the next ayatollah?”
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