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Trump says Iran’s supreme leader is ‘very seriously wounded,’ but not dead
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A woman holds up a picture of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a state-organized rally, in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
US President Donald Trump says he doesn’t think Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is dead.
“I don’t think he’s dead. He was very seriously wounded. The left side of his body, the arm, the leg, the whole thing. He was very seriously wounded. But I don’t think he’s dead,” Trump says in an interview with conservative radio host Glenn Beck.
The younger Khamenei — who took over after his father was killed in US-Israeli strikes that started the war in February — has not been seen in public since, sparking wide speculation as to his fate.
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