Exclusive | Trump predicts meeting with Iran’s probably gay Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei: ‘Getting along quite well’

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Jun 03, 2026 · 422 words · By Steven Nelson

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Politics exclusive Trump predicts meeting with Iran’s probably gay Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei: ‘Getting along quite well’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Politics exclusive Trump predicts meeting with Iran’s probably gay Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei: ‘Getting along quite well’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — President Trump said in a “Pod Force One” interview out Wednesday that he expects to meet Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and the at-war leaders are “getting along quite well” despite sputtering peace talks.

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Mojtaba, 56, hasn’t been seen in public since the war started on Feb.

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Claim 1: “President Trump said in a “Pod Force One” interview out Wednesday that he expects to meet Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei”

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Multiple web search results from June 2026 confirm that President Trump gave an interview on the 'Pod Force One' podcast with Miranda Devine where he discussed expecting to meet Mojtaba Khamenei.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after US–Israeli airstrikes killed Iranian officials and supreme leader A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_religion

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Claim 2: “President Trump said... the at-war leaders are “getting along quite well””

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Web search results explicitly quote Trump saying he is 'getting along quite well' with Mojtaba Khamenei.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the third supreme leader of Iran by the Assembly of Experts was held from 3 to 8 March 2026, following the assassination of Ali Khamenei on 28 February during the 2026 Iran war. Mojtab…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_supreme_leader_el…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was assassinated in Tehran as part of a series of Israeli airstrikes aimed at high-ranking Iranian officials. Khamenei's death was confir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ali_Khamenei

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (born 8 September 1969) is an Iranian cleric and politician who is serving as the third supreme leader of Iran since 2026. A member of the Khamenei family and the second son …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojtaba_Khamenei

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Claim 3: “surprise US-Israeli airstrikes that reportedly injured him [Mojtaba Khamenei] and killed his father, the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and other members of his family”

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Wikipedia confirms the assassination of Ali Khamenei on Feb 28. Multiple web sources report that Mojtaba Khamenei was injured in the same strikes and other family members were killed.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Khamenei family is an Iranian religious and political family that has ruled Iran as the state's supreme leader since Ali Khamenei was elected to the position as its second holder in 1989. After hi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamenei_family

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Claim 4: “Mojtaba, 56, hasn’t been seen in public since the war started on Feb. 28”

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Wikipedia confirms Mojtaba Khamenei was born September 8, 1969 (making him 56 in 2026). A web search result from April 1, 2026, explicitly states he is 56 and has not been seen in public since the Feb 28 conflict.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in 2026. A member o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei

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Claim 5: “Also during his first term, Trump planned to host the Taliban at Camp David for peace talks, before the idea was scrapped”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions of the word 'during' and does not contain any factual information regarding Trump's plans to host the Taliban at Camp David.

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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · The meaning of DURING is throughout the duration of. How to use during in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/during

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web search NEUTRAL — DURING definition: 1. from the beginning to the end of a particular period: 2. at some time between the beginning and…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/during

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 19, 2025 · Events and Activities When used with events and activities, “during” specifies that something happened within the timeframe of a particular event. This provides context and clarity abou…
https://grammarsolutionhub.com/sentence-examples-using-the-p…

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Claim 6: “war started on Feb. 28 with surprise US-Israeli airstrikes”

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Wikipedia and multiple independent sources (Britannica, EuroNews, Global Conflict Tracker) confirm the 2026 Iran war began on February 28 with US-Israeli airstrikes.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 306 days remain until the end of the year (307 in leap years).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_28

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict covers the period from 27 November 2024, when the 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement was signed, to 26 February 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israel–Hezboll…

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Claim 7: “unconfirmed spy-agency lead, which suggested he’s had a long-term romantic relationship with a childhood tutor”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding a romantic relationship with a childhood tutor.

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Claim 8: “During his first term, Trump exchanged what he referred to as “love letters” with nuclear-armed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, with whom he met three times”

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It is a well-documented historical fact that Trump exchanged letters with Kim Jong Un and met him three times (Singapore 2018, Hanoi 2019, Panmunjom 2019). Evidence provided confirms the letter exchange and the Singapore summit.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, commonly known as the Singapore Summit, was a summit meeting between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_North_Korea–United_States…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 3, 2025 ... In his last known letter to Trump, Kim wrote, if you do not think of our relationship as a stepping stone that only benefits you, then you would ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLq5EsmPZsI/?hl=en

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago ... During his visit to South Korea for last autumn's APEC gathering, he made his interest plain, yet the meeting never came. On June 14, as the war ...
https://www.38north.org/2026/07/what-draws-trump-to-kim-jong…

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Claim 9: “Trump was briefed by intelligence officials in March that Mojtaba was probably gay”

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Multiple web search results from March and June 2026 report that Trump was briefed that Mojtaba Khamenei is 'probably gay'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 26, 2026 ... —Jack Watts https://nypost.com/2026/03/16/us-news/trump- briefed-that-irans-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba- khamenei-is-probably-gay/. No photo ...
https://www.facebook.com/WIONews/posts/us-president-donald-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 12, 2026 ... Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's Supreme Leader, made a surprise appearance at the Tel Aviv Pride Parade. 🏳️ @eylonalevy.
https://www.facebook.com/iltvisraelnews/posts/mojtaba-khamen…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... President Trump said in a "Pod Force One" interview with Miranda Devine that he expects to meet Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/03/us-news/trump-predicts-meeting…

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