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IRAN | Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Remains Shy – Public Hopes He Stays That Way

Iran's new Supreme Leader hasn’t bothered showing up for work since the position fell into his lap. A surprising number of Iranians appear to consider this the finest service the regime has ever rendered them.

vlgr March 16, 2026 28 reads 1 min read

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TEHRAN - While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently dismissed his own death rumors with a casual café video - coffee in hand, calmly counting to five - Iran’s newly installed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has offered nothing comparable.

No video.

No audio.

Not even a blurry hospital selfie.

Instead, state television aired a written statement attributed to him, leaving observers in the dark.

Rumors range widely:

Badly wounded in recent strikes, lying in a coma at Sina University Hospital, or perhaps already enjoying his promised 72 virgins.

Others speculate he may simply be recuperating in one of the family’s luxurious European estates, quietly addressing issues of personal manhood away from prying eyes.

Young Iranians, already flirting with pre-Islamic Zoroastrian cultural nostalgia, seem oddly content with a Supreme Leader who refuses to appear.

Until then, a huge portion of the Iranian public quietly hopes the Supreme Leader remains exactly as he is -unseen.

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