Straits Times reported a closed-door meeting in late July between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Mojtaba Khamenei covering military and economic topics, with state media announcing the session on August 9. Claims in the same reporting assert both that Ali Khamenei was killed and that he was only seriously injured in a February 28 strike, while Anadolu Agency released footage of Mojtaba Khamenei. Analyses from progressive, conservative, and libertarian perspectives interpret the events differently, while a devil's advocate view highlights internal contradictions in the source material.