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Slain Ayatollah Khamenei wanted to end conflict with US through peace talks, Iranian president claims

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 321 words · By Gabrielle Fahmy; Geoff Earle
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Slain Ayatollah Khamenei wanted to end conflict with US through peace talks, Iranian president claims See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was backing a diplomatic solution to end the Islamic Republic’s years-long feud with the United States, Iran’s president said Saturday.

Common ground

The new supreme leader, son Mojtaba Khamenei, is said to be even more extreme than his 86-year-old father who was killed on Feb.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The new supreme leader, son Mojtaba Khamenei”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, The Guardian) and Wikipedia confirm that Mojtaba Khamenei is the new Supreme Leader of Iran following the death of Ali Khamenei.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Masoud Hosseini Khamenei (born 1974), also known as Mohsen Khamenei is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric. A member of the Khamenei family, he is the third son of the second Iranian supreme leader Ali K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masoud_Khamenei
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (born 8 September 1969) is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who has served as the supreme leader of Iran since 2026. A member of the Khamenei family and the second son o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojtaba_Khamenei
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, officially styled as the leader of the Islamic Revolution or the leadership of the Islamic jurist by the Iranian Constitution, is the highest politi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran
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Claim 2: “negotiations with the US on life support since the 60-day temporary cease-fire between the two countries expired Monday”
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Wikipedia explicitly mentions a '60-day deadline' in the context of 2025-2026 Iran-United States negotiations, and other sources describe the outbreak of war on February 28, 2026, following the failure of these efforts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, 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 Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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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 several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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Claim 3: “his 86-year-old father who was killed on Feb. 28 by joint US and Israeli strikes”
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Multiple sources confirm Ali Khamenei was 86 years old and was killed on February 28, 2026, by joint US and Israeli strikes. This is confirmed by web search results and Wikipedia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An election for the second supreme leader of Iran was held on 4 June and 6 August 1989 following the death of the first supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini. In the second ballot in June, Ali Khamenei wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Iranian_supreme_leader_el…
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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 supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in 2026. A member of the K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei
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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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Claim 4: “Washington prepares to unleash a new set of crippling sanctions next week”
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Web search results indicate that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened to impose new sanctions against countries supporting Iran, and other reports discuss the ongoing US-Iran standoff and sanctions enforcement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States began in the mid-19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Persia. While Persia was the object of British and Russian colonial intere…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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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 several Iranian officials, including S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, 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 Ali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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Claim 5: “Iran lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian shot back on X Saturday”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Iranian lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian posted on X on Saturday calling for 'avengers' rather than 'mourners' for Ali Khamenei.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian, who participated in the Islamabad talks, said "the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened" and described a coming shift in how the waterway is managed.
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/us-to-impose-naval-block…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian called for vengeance in a post on X on Saturday, saying Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei "does not need mourners—he needs avengers," while referring to a figure he said ha…
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202607047972
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian hardline lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian is calling for a firm response after US military strikes hit targets in southern Iran, which he says violated an existing agreement between the two countries…
https://cryptobriefing.com/iran-lawmaker-us-strikes-ceasefir…
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Claim 6: “Slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was backing a diplomatic solution to end the Islamic Republic’s years-long feud with the United States”
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While evidence confirms Ali Khamenei was assassinated on February 28, 2026, none of the provided sources mention his specific stance on backing a diplomatic solution to end the feud with the US. The evidence focuses on his death and the subsequent war.
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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 politician and Shia cleric who has served as the supreme leader of Iran since 2026. A member of the Khamenei family and the second son o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojtaba_Khamenei
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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 supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in 2026. A member of the K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei
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