Posted on 03/15/2026 3:28:05 AM PDT by dennisw
Iran's new Supreme Leader is 'in good health' and 'fully controlling the situation', says Iranian foreign minister Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has said in an interview with London-based pan-Arab news outlet Alaraby Aljadeed that Mojtaba Khamenei is 'in good health' and 'fully controlling the situation'.
He said Iran welcomes any 'regional initiative that lead to a fair end of the war', and Hormuz is 'open to everyone except US ships and [US] allies'.
Araghchi has said 'there is no particular initiative on the table so far to end the war'.
Iran has insisted its new Supreme Leader is not dead and is 'fully managing the situation' after US President Donald Trump questioned if he is still alive.
Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since his appointment on March 8, and his first public address was read by a presenter during a broadcast by state media on March 12.
Speaking to London-based news outlet The New Arab, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Mojtaba Khamenei is 'in good health' and 'fully controlling the situation'.
He said Iran welcomes any 'regional initiative that lead to a fair end of the war', and Hormuz is 'open to everyone except US ships and [US] allies'.
Araghchi has said 'there is no particular initiative on the table so far to end the war'.
In an interview with NBC news yesterday, the US President said he's hearing Mojtaba Khamenei is 'not alive', adding that 'so far, nobody's been able to show him'.
Trump's comments come a day after Pete Hegseth, the war secretary, said the new leader was likely 'disfigured' after being wounded in US-Israeli attacks.
Mojtaba Khamenei's father, Ali Khamenei, who had ruled Iran for 37 years, was killed when his compound in Tehran was razed to the ground
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This demon has been to hell and back/ He was not the Devil’s own, so he got kicked out of hell’s burning lakes of fire. Ayatollah Jr. has quite the tale to tell, when he snaps out his coma.
Verdict: He’s not dead Jim.
Iran’s ability to wage war, including its drones, is down about 90%.

He's alive as long he is twitching and muttering - Kill the Greatest Satan Donald Trump. Kill that yuge loser!
IRGC is running the show.
That didn’t take long!😆
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The guy is either dead or fighting for his life after being injured.
Can the Big Mo take a selfie? Anything will do.
Maybe they can gin up a video with audio and a proof of date in order to back up their words...their approved method is to show his face and hear his voice - and it is rare for such statements to be issued in writing for someone else to read...even if he’s alive, I will wager he isn’t in control...
Saudi and the other ultra wealthy Sunni states are loving seeing Shite Iran getting knocked off the regional chessboard/ No doubt (art of the deal) Trump will ask them to kick in some tens of billions, once the dust settles.
That can be faked with AI.
It has to be live in public. Hmm. Maybe that can be faked too.
He was a little thin though, with that cardboard body.

The photo being widely floated around on videos
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