Is Khamenei alive? Trump claims killing, Iran denies as conflicting narratives deepen leadership crisis
Uncertainty surrounding the fate of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei intensified on Saturday after President Donald Trump declared that the cleric had been killed in a joint United States–Israeli military operation, while Iranian officials and state-linked media forcefully rejected the claim, describing it as psychological warfare. The competing narratives — one asserting a decisive…