- Invisible in public, Supreme Guide Mojtaba Khamenei would be alive and well, explained American Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- He would even be more and more involved in the direction of his country.
- And this could weigh on negotiations between Iran and the United States.
The White House was circulating rumors about him. “Seriously injured”
, “défiguré”
if we do not see in public the new Supreme Guide Mojtaba Khamenei, hit during the bombing that killed his father and predecessor, it is because the Iranian regime is weak. Tuesday June 2, the head of American diplomacy Marco Rubio announced that he was finally well “vivant”
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For Washington, recognizing him as alive then amounts to legitimizing the power of the Iranian leader. At the same time, negotiations must continue with Tehran. “If the figure of Mojtaba Khamenei returns to these negotiations, it will weigh and could bypass the Revolutionary Guards if they have already put their paw in this future agreement”
analysis for LCI Noémie Halioua, essayist and former senior reporter in Israel.
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The Trump administration acknowledges that communications with the Supreme Leader remain difficult. But still hopes for an agreement to end the war. “There are signs that he is becoming more involved at some level, even though all of his communications have been in writing and through third parties.”
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