Donald Trump was reportedly informed by sources at U.S. spy agencies that new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay.
Some say that could explain why his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was not inclined to have his son follow him as the next leader of Iran.
As you may know, homosexuality is illegal in Iran with sodomy being a capital offense.
Scoop: President Trump was briefed last week on surprising US intelligence that Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay
Trump laughed, as did others. But two intelligence community officials say it wasn’t a jokehttps://t.co/l9AoxNkeLW
— Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) March 16, 2026
From the New York Post:
Trump couldn’t contain his surprise and laughed aloud when he was briefed on the intel, according to sources.
Others in the room also found it “hilarious” and joined the president’s reaction, while one senior intelligence official “has not stopped laughing about it for days,” said one person familiar with the briefing.
Two of the sources said the intelligence indicated that Mojtaba, who earned the nickname “the power behind the robes” while serving as his aging dad’s gatekeeper, has had a long-term sexual relationship with his childhood tutor.
“His father and others suspected he was gay and that was something that people were spreading to try to stop his ascension,” one of The Post’s sources explained.
Read more here.
A few hours later, Donald Trump told reporters in the White House East Room the U.S. doesn’t even know if Mojtaba Khamenei is “dead or not,” the Post reported.
Trump admits US doesn’t know if new Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is ‘dead or not’ https://t.co/kej0f7bKEM pic.twitter.com/dnSoUwrndm
— New York Post (@nypost) March 16, 2026
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