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There is growing concern and scrutiny over Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's absence after fleeing to an underground bunker a week ago during the thick of Israeli bombings on Tehran during the 12-day War. It leads me to suppose that he is dead, either from his cancer or due to the overwhelm resulting from the raging battle taking place over his country. Make no mistake, I'd prefer him to be dead; he brought this on himself.
"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not been seen publicly or heard from in nearly a week. That absence has surprised and unnerved everyone from political insiders to the general public."
With the nation watching, the host on Iranian state television asked the question that so many people in Iran — from the political elite to people on the street — were wondering.
“People are very worried about the supreme leader,” the host said to an official from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office on Tuesday. “Can you tell us how he is?”
He noted that viewers had sent a flood of messages asking the same thing. But the official, Mehdi Fazaeli, the head of Mr. Khamenei’s archives office, did not give a straight answer.
Instead, Mr. Fazaeli said that he, too, had received numerous inquiries from officials and others worried about the ayatollah after the furious bombing campaign by Israel and the United States.
“We should all be praying,” Mr. Fazaeli said.
Link (Paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/...ytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Link (Paywall removed): https://archive.is/jfcPl
"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not been seen publicly or heard from in nearly a week. That absence has surprised and unnerved everyone from political insiders to the general public."
With the nation watching, the host on Iranian state television asked the question that so many people in Iran — from the political elite to people on the street — were wondering.
“People are very worried about the supreme leader,” the host said to an official from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office on Tuesday. “Can you tell us how he is?”
He noted that viewers had sent a flood of messages asking the same thing. But the official, Mehdi Fazaeli, the head of Mr. Khamenei’s archives office, did not give a straight answer.
Instead, Mr. Fazaeli said that he, too, had received numerous inquiries from officials and others worried about the ayatollah after the furious bombing campaign by Israel and the United States.
“We should all be praying,” Mr. Fazaeli said.
Link (Paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/...ytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Link (Paywall removed): https://archive.is/jfcPl
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