Iran’s President Pezeshkian says he met Supreme Leader Khamenei

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · May 07, 2026 · 213 words · By AFP

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday (May 7, 2026) he had met with the country's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since his appointment in early March.

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Why it matters

Pezeshkian did not say when their meeting took place.

Common ground

"What struck me most during this meeting was the vision and the humble and sincere approach of the supreme leader of the Islamic revolution," the President said in a video broadcast by State television.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Mr. Khamenei, wounded in strikes on the first day of the West Asia war that claimed the life of his father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei”

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Multiple sources state that Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded in strikes on the first day of the war and that these strikes claimed the life of his father, Ali Khamenei.

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

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 24, 2026 · Iran’s new supreme leader is gravely wounded and delegating responsibility to army generals in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a report. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, …
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-su…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 30, 2026 · Mojtaba Khamenei is Iran’s third supreme leader (rahbar) and the second eldest son of Ali Khamenei, the Islamic Republic’s second supreme leader.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mojtaba-Khamenei

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Claim 2: “Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday (May 7, 2026) he had met with the country's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei”

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Three independent web search results confirm that President Masoud Pezeshkian stated on a Thursday (May 7, 2026) that he met with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

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web search NEUTRAL — FILE: A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, in Tehran, 8 April 2026.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday he had met Mojtaba Khamenei in person and s…
https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/07/irans-president-says-he-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he met with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in a rare public account of interactions with the country’s head of state who’s been in hiding since the start of t…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-07/iran-s-pr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said he met recently with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, state media reported on Thursday, offering a first public.Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian. (File photo:…
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/05/07/ir…

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Claim 3: “Mojtaba Khamenei... has not been seen in public since his appointment in early March.”

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Multiple sources confirm Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since his appointment/the start of the war, with one source specifically mentioning he has not been seen since the strikes in late February.

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Claim 4: “Ali Khamenei himself had succeeded the founder of the republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.”

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Wikipedia and other authoritative sources confirm that Ali Khamenei succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as supreme leader in 1989.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ruhollah Khomeini. Succeeded by. Mojtaba Khamenei[b]. 3rd President of Iran.After the death of Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, Khamenei was elected supreme leader by the Assembly of Experts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei

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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's supreme leader succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989. Today, his influence extends beyond the Islamic Republic and the Middle East. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a spee…
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-who-is-ayatollah-ali…

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web search NEUTRAL — Khamenei, aged 85, succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as Iran’s supreme leader in 1989 and is a former president of Iran. As Iran’s head of state he is also responsible for the Revolutionary Guards…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/20/iran-w…

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Claim 5: “Mr. Mojtaba's appointment by Iran's Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body responsible for selecting the Supreme Leader, was announced by state television on March 9.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific date of March 9 or the role of the 88-member Assembly of Experts in this specific appointment process.

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Claim 6: “His 86-year-old father was killed after more than three decades at the helm of the Islamic republic.”

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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of irrelevant search results for Muhammad Ali, AliExpress, and Alibaba. No relevant evidence was provided to confirm Ali Khamenei's age at death or the duration of his leadership in this specific context.

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web search NEUTRAL — He held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970, was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978, and was the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979. In 1999, he was named Spo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali

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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to AliExpress, the premier international marketplace and one-stop web site for finding virtually any product you can imagine. Our platform is designed to connect you directly with a global net…
https://www.aliexpress.com/

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https://www.alibaba.com/

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Claim 7: “Mr. Khamenei... has released only written statements since his appointment.”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that since his appointment, Mojtaba Khamenei has released only written statements.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mojtaba Khamenei, wounded in strikes on the first day of the Middle East war, has released only written statements since his appointment.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-israel-iran-war-iran-pres…

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web search NEUTRAL — Khamenei, wounded in strikes on the first day of the Middle East war that claimed the life of his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei, has released only written statements since his appointment.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/05/07/ir…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, in a written statement attributed to him and read by a state television anchor, struck a defiant tone, insisting that the Islamic Republic will protect its "nuclear ...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-defiant-message-mojtaba-kha…

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Claim 8: “portraits of the 56-year-old have become ubiquitous in the streets of Iran”

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Multiple sources confirm that portraits of the 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei have become ubiquitous in the streets of Iran.

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web search NEUTRAL — Speculations have been rife about the condition of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since the joint US-Israeli strikes killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Kham…
https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/iran-supreme-leader-moj…

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web search NEUTRAL — TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday that he had met with the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since his ...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/irans-pezeshkian-says-he-recen…

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web search NEUTRAL — Since then, portraits of the 56-year-old have become ubiquitous in the streets of Iran, but the new leader has been conspicuous in his absence from the public stage, in stark contrast to frequent ...
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-israel-iran-war-iran-pres…

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