Without specifying when it was recorded, Iranian media outlets have released a video showing Mojtaba Khamenei during what appears to be a religious teaching session in a hall filled with dozens of men. Specifically, Iranian state television broadcast today a video featuring the country’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not appeared publicly since February 28, while it remains unknown whether he is alive. The video shows Mojtaba Khamenei during a religious teaching session in a hall with dozens of men. Iranian media did not specify exactly when the recordings were made.
🚨 Published for the first time
A video of religious science teaching by Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei pic.twitter.com/uFtIvZ0POy
— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) March 19, 2026
Theories behind Khamenei’s absence
Earlier today, a written message from Mojtaba Khamenei was released on the occasion of the Iranian New Year being celebrated today. In it, he said among other things that the “enemy thought it would cross Iran in two-three days” and spoke about the “three wars” that Iran fought last year. Since February 28, when his father and Iran’s longtime supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed, Mojtaba has not shown signs of life. Rumors suggest he is injured – possibly severely or even disfigured – while both the US and Israel officially claim ignorance about whether he is alive.
⚡ watch| First released footage from Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei’s fiqh class on Imam Mahdi. pic.twitter.com/smyBmlKbW9
— Alireza Akbari (@itsalireza_akb) March 20, 2026
