Overview
- Iran's Supreme Leader's office announced that President Masoud Pezeshkian met and spoke with Mojtaba Khamenei, a rare official confirmation reported on Sunday.
- State-linked Mehr News published a short, undated video purportedly showing Khamenei, but no timestamped photos or authenticated audio have been released to confirm when it was filmed.
- Basij deputy Qasem Qoraishi said additional footage will be published showing Khamenei in public and meeting military commanders, though he gave no schedule for those releases.
- Pezeshkian has provided conflicting descriptions of his access to Khamenei, sometimes saying they met and at other times saying contact is 'very difficult,' which fuels doubts about who controls day-to-day decisions.
- Uncertainty over Khamenei's condition and the provenance of images matters because the supreme leader is commander of Iran's security organs and unclear leadership could affect wartime command, internal rivalries, diplomacy and markets.