Iran’s disfigured, ‘probably gay,’ supreme leader directing negotiations with US: intelligence

Ștefania Anghel

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly still playing a critical role in Iran’s war strategy marking the strongest indicator of his influence over Tehran since rising to power — and the first to come from US intelligence sources. Khamenei, 56, is believed to be directing Iran’s negotiations with the US from his unknown hideout, multiple sources familiar with US intelligence reports about him told CNN , despite being badly disfigured and having lost a leg during the US and Israeli strikes