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Iran rebuts Trump and insists new supreme leader ISN'T dead and is 'fully managing the situation' despite not being seen for weeks
UK Mail ^ | 15 March 2026 | FREYA BARNES

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

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: abbasaraghchi; ayatollahpotato; ayatollahsideofbacon; freyabarnes; mojtabakhamenei; mossad; notawar; specialmilitaryop; tehrantommy; trump; weekendatmuzzies

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1 posted on 03/15/2026 3:28:05 AM PDT by dennisw
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2 posted on 03/15/2026 3:34:03 AM PDT by CtBigPat (Thank you, JimRob. )
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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.


3 posted on 03/15/2026 3:34:10 AM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard = There is no limit to human stupidity.)
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Iran’s ability to wage war, including its drones, is down about 90%.


4 posted on 03/15/2026 3:39:13 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I would have been an awesome merchant marine. I can sell convenient store items very well.)
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A Somber Compilation of Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy Saying 'He's Dead ...

He's alive as long he is twitching and muttering - Kill the Greatest Satan Donald Trump. Kill that yuge loser!

5 posted on 03/15/2026 3:40:56 AM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard = There is no limit to human stupidity.)
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Where's Bibi?
6 posted on 03/15/2026 3:50:27 AM PDT by McGruff
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IRGC is running the show.


7 posted on 03/15/2026 4:05:59 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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That didn’t take long!😆

CC


8 posted on 03/15/2026 4:06:56 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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9 posted on 03/15/2026 4:15:57 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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10 posted on 03/15/2026 4:18:23 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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"'there is no particular initiative on the table so far to end the war'"

They seem oblivious to the fact that it's already been decided. They're horribly mistaken to believe a lot of the things they do, and they are incorrigibly defiant in the face of doom, however self-inflicted. What they would never consider is that they are their own worst enemy.
11 posted on 03/15/2026 4:30:42 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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We should be so lucky that this incompetent nepotism baby could be in charge in Iran.

The guy is either dead or fighting for his life after being injured.

12 posted on 03/15/2026 4:30:46 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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Can the Big Mo take a selfie? Anything will do.


13 posted on 03/15/2026 4:41:10 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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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...


14 posted on 03/15/2026 5:01:46 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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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.


15 posted on 03/15/2026 5:07:22 AM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard = There is no limit to human stupidity.)
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That can be faked with AI.

It has to be live in public. Hmm. Maybe that can be faked too.


16 posted on 03/15/2026 5:09:37 AM PDT by moviefan8
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He was a little thin though, with that cardboard body.


17 posted on 03/15/2026 5:13:22 AM PDT by Judge Bean
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"Iran's new Supreme Leader is 'in good health' and 'fully controlling the situation', says Iranian foreign minister Iranian foreign minister "



18 posted on 03/15/2026 5:36:57 AM PDT by plain talk
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The photo being widely floated around on videos

19 posted on 03/15/2026 5:43:25 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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20 posted on 03/15/2026 5:52:16 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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