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Iran’s president claims Supreme Leader Khamenei healthy, able to govern

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · Middle East

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed Thursday that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been absent from public view for months, is “completely” healthy despite reports that he could be deceased or brain-dead. Questions have surrounded Khamenei’s condition since he was reportedly seriously injured during U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Feb. 28 that killed his father and predecessor,…

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