Iran publishes picture of Supreme Leader Khamenei after unsourced reports he was in coma

Iran publishes a picture of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei today after widespread unsourced reports on social media that he was either in a coma or had died.

The image shows him in his office talking to Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani, who was injured in Beirut in Israel’s September pager attacks against the Hezbollah terror group.

Multiple reports on social media claimed in recent days that Khamenei was in a coma. Other reports claimed that he had died or that he had nominated his son as his successor in a recent secret meeting.

There are currently many unsourced reports claiming Ali Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, is in a coma.
Accompanying these reports are "leaked" or "unconfirmed" images – Used to give the unsourced reports credibility.

These images aren't recent – They are from 2014 pic.twitter.com/kT5iXRApD6

— Tal Hagin (@talhagin) November 16, 2024