Trump confirms CIA told him new Iranian supreme leader is gay
The article reports that former President Donald Trump claimed the CIA told him Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is gay. He discussed this on Fox News’s The five, indicating it came from the CIA but suggesting it may not be the only source. The piece notes that same-sex activity is illegal in iran and cites a New York Post report claiming the CIA brief discussed the leader’s sexuality. It also mentions that Mojtaba Khamenei has not been publicly seen since an attack that reportedly killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and that Trump remarked about not knowing whether Mojtaba is alive. The article includes related or recommended stories and other page content.
Trump says CIA told him new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is gay
President Donald Trump confirmed on Thursday that the CIA told him the new supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is gay.
Trump was asked by Jesse Watters during an appearance on Fox News’s The Five if it was true he’d been told by the CIA about the ayatollah’s sexual orientation.
“Well, they did say that, but I don’t know if it was only them. I think a lot of people are saying that,” Trump said, “which puts him off to a bad start in that particular country.”
In Iran, sexual activity between individuals of the same sex is illegal and punishable by death.
The New York Post reported the revelation earlier this month, saying the CIA briefed Trump that Mojtaba Khamenei’s father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, feared his son’s sexuality made him unsuitable to lead the Iranian regime.
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Ali Khamenei was killed in a strike at the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, and Mojtaba Khamenei is believed to have been severely injured in the same attack. He has not been seen publicly since then, with broadcasters reading statements purportedly from him instead of direct addresses to the masses.
“Nobody heard of the second supreme leader, the son. We have not heard from the son,” Trump said earlier this week. “Every once in a while, you see a statement made, but we don’t know if he’s living.”
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