Iran Drops First-Ever Video Of Mojtaba Khamenei In Classroom Amid Mystery Over Whereabouts

Last Updated:March 20, 2026, 11:23 IST

State media aired a video of Mojtaba Khamenei teaching religious studies on IRIB. The footage, reportedly shown for the first time, lacked a recording date, causing speculation.

Amid uncertainty over the whereabouts of Iran’s new supreme leader, state media released a video they said shows Mojtaba Khamenei teaching religious studies to a group of students.

The footage, aired by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), was described as being shown for the first time.

However, IRIB did not specify when it was recorded, prompting speculation that it may be an archived clip. In the video, 56-year-old cleric is seen speaking in Arabic to the students.

He took over as Iran’s Supreme Leader after his father, Ali Khamenei, was assassinated in a US-Israeli strike on February 28. But he has remained out of the public eye since the start of the war, fuelling speculation about his health.

While Iranian media reported that Mojtaba Khamenei suffered a leg injury in the strikes that also killed his wife and child, US media claimed he was “disfigured" and possibly in a coma, with a Qatari outlet also suggesting he had been taken to Moscow for treatment and is recovering.

Despite remaining out of public view, the Supreme Leader, in a statement, urged national unity and said the crucial Strait of Hormuz would remain closed as leverage against Iran’s adversaries.

In a written message, he said the killers of security chief Ali Larijani, who died in an Israeli strike, “will have to pay for it".

“Without a doubt, the assassination of such a figure attests to his importance and to the hatred that the enemies of Islam harbour toward him," Mojtaba Khamenei said in a message published on his official Telegram channel on the day of Larijani’s funeral in Tehran.

“Every drop of spilt blood comes at a price, and the criminal murderers of these martyrs will soon have to pay it," he added.

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