{"id":2606524,"date":"2026-05-24T21:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-negotiations-slowed-by-supreme-leaders-isolation-u-s-officials\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T01:18:48","slug":"iran-negotiations-slowed-by-supreme-leaders-isolation-u-s-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-negotiations-slowed-by-supreme-leaders-isolation-u-s-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran negotiations slowed by supreme leader&#8217;s isolation: U.S. officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-negotiations-slowed-by-supreme-leaders-isolation-u-s-officials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. officials say progress on U.S.-Iran negotiations is slowed because Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and notably his son Mojtaba Khamenei, are reportedly operating from an extremely isolated, hard-to-reach location.Officials reportedly can\u2019t contact khamenei directly; instead,messages must pass through couriers,creating delays and outdated information,which lengthens the time the U.S. waits for responses after submitting proposals.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes amid shifting expectations about a possible Iran peace agreement. While President Trump said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-arranges-meeting-between-putin-and-zelensky-with-trilateral-to-follow\/\" title=\"... arranges meeting between Putin and Zelensky with trilateral to follow\">latest peace deal<\/a> was largely negotiated, later <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >comments suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-use-slim-majority-to-push-1-9t-bill-through-senate\/\" title=\"Dems use slim majority to push .9T bill through ...ate\">final approval<\/a><\/a> could still take days. Republican senators publicly questioned the timing and substance of any deal, while Trump said any agreement woudl be \u201cgood and proper.\u201d Oil prices fell as reports indicated a deal in principle to reopen the Strait of hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>The article also claims that some senior officials spend weeks in bunkers and that U.S. and israeli intelligence has helped remove much of Iran\u2019s top leadership during the war. It notes that Iranian officials have publicly discussed injuries suffered by the supreme leader in a Feb.28 strike, and that Khamenei has not been seen in public as before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-blake-last-in-line-of-cold-war-spies-who-betrayed-britain-dies-at-98\/\" title=\"George Blake, last in line of Cold ... spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98\">war began<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\">United States<\/a> officials said Sunday that negotiations between the U.S. and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> have been slowed in part because Ayatollah <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mojtaba-khamenei\/\">Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a> is operating from an extremely isolated location that has made communication inside the Iranian government difficult.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iran\u2019s supreme leader \u201cis effectively holed up in an undisclosed location with little access to the outside world and is only reached by a labyrinth of couriers,\u201d according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-supreme-leader-holed-up-undisclosed-location-mojtaba-khamenei\/\">CBS News<\/a>, which spoke with U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4580994\/suicide-bomber-pakistan-railway-track\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Suicide bomber kills at least 23 and injures over 70 at Pakistan railway track<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4580915\/russia-attacks-ukraine-nuclear-capable-missile-third-time-since-war-began\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Russia attacks Ukraine with nuclear-capable missile for the third time since war began<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4580882\/netanyahu-israel-best-friend-donald-trump-safe\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Netanyahu \u2018relieved\u2019 Israel\u2019s \u2018best friend\u2019 Donald Trump is safe but says little about Iran deal<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officials said the difficulty in reaching Khamenei \u201cmeans there can be a long delay before the U.S. receives a response\u201d after it sends proposed details, and \u201cevery piece of information he receives is dated and there\u2019s a lot of latency to his responses.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report came one day after President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/&#038;sa=D&#038;source=docs&#038;ust=1779671474934235&#038;usg=AOvVaw3pcV4Te768azPrQJvFLhHo\">Donald Trump<\/a> said the most recent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4580792\/trump-iran-agreement-largely-negotiated-open-strait-of-hormuz\/&#038;sa=D&#038;source=docs&#038;ust=1779671117044285&#038;usg=AOvVaw3pExSqRdXG5iF1z438FMTQ\">peace agreement<\/a> with Iran \u201chas been largely negotiated,\u201d triggering initial speculation that it would be finalized this weekend. 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Trump countered such criticism Sunday by saying \u201cIf I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil prices <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/05\/24\/world\/iran-war-trump\">fell Sunday<\/a> after American officials \u201cagreed in principle to a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d Trump also said the relationship with Iran \u201cis becoming a much more professional and productive one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report says some high-ranking officials have no way to contact Khamenei directly, and many now spend weeks inside their bunkers. U.S. and Israeli intelligence obtained from within Iran\u2019s government has allowed the allied nations to eliminate much of Iran\u2019s senior leadership throughout the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4580935\/trump-peace-deal-iran-opposite-obama-deal\/\"><strong>TRUMP CALLS CURRENT PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN \u2018THE EXACT OPPOSITE\u2019 OF OBAMA-ERA IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, Iranian officials <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4562037\/iran-public-details-supreme-leader-injuries\/\">publicly detailed<\/a> the supreme leader\u2019s injuries suffered from the Feb. 28 strike that killed his late father, Ayatollah <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ali-khamenei\/\">Ali Khamenei<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The supreme leader has not been seen in public since before the war started.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S.-Iran talks slowed as Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei stays isolated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3238,"featured_media":2606525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mojtaba-Khamenei.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3817,3823,54316,33529,72022],"class_list":["post-2606524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomacy","tag-iran","tag-nuclear-talks","tag-supreme-leader","tag-u-s-iran-relations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mojtaba-Khamenei.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606524"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2606528,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606524\/revisions\/2606528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2606525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}