Israeli intelligence sources have claimed that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed. Reuters and Israel’s Channel 12 reported Khamenei’s death, citing them.
However, Iran’s state-run media outlets Tasnim News and Mehr News have directly denied this claim . Their reports say that Khamenei is alive and firmly leading the ongoing conflict.
Pointing to this contradictory information , Al Jazeera reported that the statements of Iranian sources are completely contradictory to the reports of Western and Israeli media.
Earlier, Channel 12 claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was shown a picture of Khamenei’s body and that he was killed in his palace compound.
This uncertainty is further complicating the ongoing crisis in the Middle East until official and reliable confirmation of Khamenei’s true position is available.