{"id":9642,"date":"2026-08-07T08:42:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=9642"},"modified":"2026-08-07T08:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:42:56","slug":"iran-president-met-a-voice-in-the-dark-isnt-sure-it-was-mojtaba-khamenei-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=9642","title":{"rendered":"Iran President met a &#8216;voice in the dark&#8217;, isn&#8217;t sure it was Mojtaba Khamenei: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133019044,imgsize-853659,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/file.jpg\" alt=\"Iran President met a 'voice in the dark', isn't sure it was Mojtaba Khamenei: Report\" title=\"Iran president says he heard a voice, not saw a face in secret Khamenei meeting\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Iran president says he heard a voice, not saw a face in secret Khamenei meeting\">Iran president says he heard a voice, not saw a face in secret Khamenei meeting<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly taken to a secret location in Tehran and granted only a brief meeting with a man introduced as Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, according to Iran International.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The reported encounter, conducted inside a dark, tinted-window vehicle, has fuelled fresh questions over the secrecy surrounding Iran&#8217;s leadership.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>According to the report, Pezeshkian was unable to see the man seated beside him and later questioned whether the voice he heard had indeed belonged to the country&#8217;s new supreme leader. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Their account of what they described as the only known meeting between the president and Iran&#8217;s third supreme leader differs markedly from Pezeshkian&#8217;s public version of events.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Speaking at a gathering of trade association representatives in mid-May, Pezeshkian said he had spent two and a half hours with the new leader in what he described as a &#8220;cordial atmosphere.&#8221; <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>However, the report said that the meeting lasted only a few minutes, after which the president was asked to leave.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>According to the report, the meeting took place only after Pezeshkian repeatedly sought an audience with the supreme leader and threatened to resign. They said the leader&#8217;s office agreed to the meeting under pressure but informed the president that, unlike previous practice, he would not be received at the supreme leader&#8217;s official residence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Instead, Pezeshkian&#8217;s security team reportedly took him to an undisclosed location in Tehran, where he was escorted from his vehicle into the back seat of a dark, tinted-window commercial car. The report claimed the supreme leader was already inside, but the vehicle was kept dark enough that the two men could not see each other. <!-- -->They also alleged that Khamenei&#8217;s security personnel did not allow a handshake, and the conversation took place entirely by voice.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The reported arrangement left Pezeshkian feeling humiliated, as per the report. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Officials in the president&#8217;s office told Iran International that he later questioned whether the person beside him had actually been the supreme leader, as he had only heard a voice during the brief meeting.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>Pezeshkian had earlier acknowledged that communicating with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is &#8220;very difficult.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>&#8220;It is very difficult to communicate with him at the moment, but in any case, his presence is a very great source of strength for us so that we can continue,&#8221; Pezeshkian said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>Mojtaba Khamenei has continued to issue written statements, but his absence from public view since assuming Iran&#8217;s top leadership has fuelled speculation about his relationship with senior officials and his whereabouts. <!-- -->Nearly five months after the Assembly of Experts selected him to succeed his father as supreme leader, no audio recording or video of him has been released.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>The prolonged silence has also drawn attention in Iran&#8217;s state-aligned media. On Sunday, the Hamshahri newspaper&#8217;s website published a video claiming that foreign intelligence agencies could use advanced acoustic analysis of audio recordings, including background noise, electrical grid frequency signatures and vocal characteristics, to identify the leader&#8217;s location or assess his physical condition.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>The claims appeared to deepen, rather than dispel, speculation surrounding Khamenei&#8217;s status.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"43\"\/>Conflicting assessments have also emerged internationally. Three weeks ago, US President Donald Trump said there was a &#8220;90 percent&#8221; chance that Mojtaba Khamenei had been killed, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has more recently said the Iranian leader is alive.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"45\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-president-met-a-voice-in-the-dark-isnt-sure-it-was-mojtaba-khamenei-report\/articleshow\/133019024.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran president says he heard a voice, not saw a face in secret Khamenei meeting Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly taken to a secret location in Tehran and granted only a brief meeting with a man introduced as Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, according to Iran International. 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