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RUMINT: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei In Coma After 'Serious Illness'? Dead?? Fact-Checking Claim UPDATE: Iran says alive, publishes photo
2024-11-17
48 Hour Rule. The clock started ticking at midnight Eastern Time ;-)
Social media posts on Saturday claimed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 85, is in a coma, following an earlier New York Times report stating he's "seriously ill."
Some tweets say he is dead
However, no official confirmation has been provided regarding his health deterioration. Ali Khamenei was last seen in public on November 7.

Can't catch a break, the Iranians.

Hat tip to 3dc

Other reports say not so fast:

Pro-Israel social media users falsely claim Iran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei is dead

[TurkiyeToday] Reports are circulating on social media, primarily from pro-Israel accounts, alleging the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

However, these claims remain unconfirmed by Iranian authorities or credible sources. The photos shared on social media allegedly showing Ali Khamenei lying on a hospital bed are from 2014.

https://twitter.com/talhagin/status/1857885032557260957

Some users have referenced a previous New York Times report that suggested Khamenei is suffering from a terminal illness.

However, New York Times published a correction after its first report noting that there has been no credible reports on Khamenei’s health in the last two years.



Big round up on the subject from 3dc:
In Progress...



first post on X:






This poster:
"His funeral may be a blast for those attending.
Mossad handing out tickets. 🎟️"


Turkey denies he died but did admit the coma:



Blowing up a synagogue:


Then Israel hits Beirut:


L. Graham:





Russia:


Update from Iranian news site IRNA ar 3:30 p.m ET — go to link to see photo:
Supreme Leader meets Iranian ambassador injured in Lebanon pager explosions
Nov 17, 2024, 9:53 PM
[IRNA] Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has met with Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani.

The meeting took place in Tehran on Sunday.

Amani, who was injured in pager explosions in Lebanon in September, briefed the Supreme Leader on his health conditions.

The Israeli regime carried out the explosions on September 17 when pagers used by Hezbollah members went off in different regions of Lebanon, leaving dozens of people dead including civilians.

One of the blasts happened near the Iranian ambassador, causing injuries to him, including to his left eye.

Amani was soon transferred to Tehran to receive medical treatment.

He is still in Tehran and will soon return to Lebanon to resume his diplomatic mission.
Posted by:badanov

#14  Mossad would know before anyone else.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-11-17 17:22  

#13  Life expectancy on terror bosses isn't looking so good this year.
Posted by: Angstrom   2024-11-17 15:17  

#12  No virgins for you, bad boy.
Posted by: Chomomp Glinert5355   2024-11-17 11:55  

#11  if Khamenei is actually in a coma for an extended period, the Assembly of Experts is, per the Iran constitution, to designate an interim Supreme Leader.

At the Vatican, they issue a puff of white smoke. In Iran they issue radioactive black clouds from various nuke sites
Posted by: Frank G   2024-11-17 11:18  

#10  If this pans out: the good news just keeps on coming!
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2024-11-17 10:36  

#9  What, they don't have stomach cancer there?
Posted by: Cesare   2024-11-17 10:35  

#8  possible successors to Khamenei have been maneuvering for years to line up support in the 90 member 'Assembly of Experts' and the 12 members of the Guardian Council.

if Khamenei is actually in a coma for an extended period, the Assembly of Experts is, per the Iran constitution, to designate an interim Supreme Leader.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2024-11-17 09:22  

#7  Are those Mossad drones in that picture?


Heck, he's a Muzzie big turban, that's a terminal illness right there.
Posted by: alanc   2024-11-17 09:09  

#6  Re: "terminal illness", any illness is terminal if you die from it.

So you are saying he has Covid.
Posted by: SteveS   2024-11-17 09:04  

#5  Didn't Bibi predict something big was going to happen soon in Iran recently. Maybe poison? Russian style.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed   2024-11-17 08:22  

#4  Re: "terminal illness", any illness is terminal if you die from it.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-11-17 07:51  

#3  
#1 "He's pining for the fjords"
Posted by: Frank G 2024-11-17 00:13

...Beat me to it, doggone it. ;)

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2024-11-17 07:22  

#2  Set as headline. I join the vultures in waiting to discover whether or not it is true.

But in the meantime, my thanks to badanov and 3dc for pulling together a truly exhaustive roundup on the subject.
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-11-17 01:25  

#1  "He's pining for the fjords"
Posted by: Frank G   2024-11-17 00:13  

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