Iran’s disfigured, ‘probably gay,’ supreme leader agrees to direct talks with US, could start this weekend

Still-missing Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei authorized in-person meetings with the US to finalize the peace deal, according to a report.

Khamenei gave his negotiation team the green light to head to Switzerland for the first round of negotiations with the US on Friday under the memorandum of understanding, according to a statement released by his office.

Khamenei, who has yet to be seen in public since he was injured at the start of the war, instructed his team not to yield to any demands made by Washington that he deems excessive.

In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei (C), son of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, walks along a street in Tehran on May 31, 2019. ISNA/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump, right, signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, look on at the Palace of Versailles June 17, 2026, in Versailles, France. ZUMAPRESS.com

The ayatollah, who ascended to the seat when his father and much of his family was killed in an Israeli strike at the start of the war, is believed to have been disfigured in the blast. US intelligence also reported that he is believed to be “probably gay” following reports he underwent treatment for “impotence” in London as a young man.

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