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Mojtaba Khamenei’s Silence Fuels Death, Brain-Dead Claims

8/27/2026

Summary

Mojtaba Missing

Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared, with no video or audio since February.
Fewer than five people, including Mohammad Hossein Khoshvaght, have met him since his ascent.
The office said he met President Masoud Pezeshkian on August 9 for hours on war and economy.
A Tehran staffer claimed Mojtaba has died or is brain-dead, citing the office’s silence.
Mojtaba endorsed the U.S. memorandum after the National Security Council voted for it.

Summary

Trump Targets Iran

President Donald Trump announced Operation Economic Outcast targeting Iran’s trade with China and Russia.
He said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is alive but severely wounded, rejecting death reports.
Trump claimed U.S. forces sank 22 Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz last night.
He told Glenn Beck the strait is functioning, mines cleared, oil traffic increasing.
Trump cited a CIA briefing that Khamenei might be gay, undermining his credibility.

History

Historical Context

After Ayatollah Khomeini’s February 1979 return sparked the overthrow of the Shah and a 52-hostage, 444-day crisis that ended in January 1981, the United States and Iran entered a cycle of retaliatory propaganda. Saddam Hussein’s 1980 invasion and the 1980 failed Operation Eagle Claw deepened mistrust, a legacy that fuels today’s unverified rumors about Mojtaba Khamenei and Trump’s alleged “Operation Economic Outcast.”

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Mojtaba Missing

Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared, with no video or audio since February.
Fewer than five people, including Mohammad Hossein Khoshvaght, have met him since his ascent.
The office said he met President Masoud Pezeshkian on August 9 for hours on war and economy.
A Tehran staffer claimed Mojtaba has died or is brain-dead, citing the office’s silence.
Mojtaba endorsed the U.S. memorandum after the National Security Council voted for it.

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