Iranian Judiciary Chief Mohsen Ejei confirmed the death of the Supreme Leader following recent strikes, declaring that the state remains completely stable and that the US and Israel failed to achieve their military objectives.
Iranian Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei delivered a defiant address projecting national resilience and framing recent massive US and Israeli military operations as a strategic failure. In a monumental disclosure reported by Hamiyan-e Pezeshkian, a reformist-aligned pro-government channel, Ejei confirmed the death of Iran's paramount leader during the recent strikes. According to the channel, Ejei stated that despite the martyrdom of the country's elders, including the Supreme Leader and Iranian commanders, the administration of the state and the will of the people remain completely undisrupted. The sports and news channel Footballi similarly highlighted Ejei's remarks, noting his claim that the enemy failed to destabilize the regime by targeting the nation's leadership, and that public endurance has only increased as a result.
Mainstream state-aligned news outlet Akharin Khabar extensively covered the speech, emphasizing Iran's perceived ideological and geopolitical victories. Ejei claimed that the awe of global arrogance was shattered in the recent war and that the status of Islam and Islamic Iran has been elevated globally. Referencing the widespread international refusal to join the US military coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz, Ejei asserted that the US President is currently begging other countries to send ships and troops to the strait, but is receiving no response.
The Judiciary Chief also highlighted the operational continuity of Iranian proxy forces despite intense Israeli ground incursions in southern Lebanon. As reported by the war-focused channel Khabar Fori Jang-e Iran, Ejei noted that a high-ranking foreign official recently expressed utter surprise at the ongoing actions of Lebanese Hezbollah, having mistakenly assumed the militant group's combat capabilities were entirely destroyed. Across all reports, Ejei maintained that the enemy utilized all its hard and soft capacities against Iran but fundamentally failed to achieve any of its broader strategic objectives.
It is highly notable that only the pro-government channel 'Hamiyan-e Pezeshkian' explicitly named the 'Supreme Leader' (Khamenei) as having been martyred. The other outlets (Footballi, Akharin Khabar, Khabar Fori) opted to paraphrase Ejei's remarks or use more generalized terms like 'country leaders' without specifically referencing the Supreme Leader's death. The tone across all channels remains staunchly defiant, directly mirroring the provided background regarding international reluctance to join the US coalition in the Strait of Hormuz.