Iran’s leaders don’t need to hide, envoy insists, despite MIA Khamenei and dead officials

Source: Washington Examiner · Bias: Center Right

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Rumors swirled this week that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was secretly flown to Russia for life-saving surgery. The Iranian ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, told Russian News Agency TASS on Tuesday that those reports are nonsense, comparing them to previous false reports about the ayatollah’s father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei. “Until […]

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Iran’s leaders don’t need to hide, envoy insists, despite MIA Khamenei and dead officials
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Iran’s leaders don’t need to hide, envoy insists, despite MIA Khamenei and dead officials

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Rumors swirled this week that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was secretly flown to Russia for life-saving surgery. The Iranian ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, told Russian News Agency TASS on Tuesday that those reports are nonsense, comparing them to previous false reports about the ayatollah’s father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei. “Until […]