Iran used AI on newly released photo of Iran’s no-show supreme leader Khamenei
By Ronny Reyes
Published on March 12, 2026.
Iran is using AI-altered pictures of its new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, amid reports that he is too injured to make public appearances. The photos were discovered through a probe by Shayan Sardarizadeh, the Senior journalist at BBC Verify and appeared to have been manipulated from years-old photos. The new account is based in the Netherlands and its metadata indicates it is based on the Netherlands.
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