Mojtaba Khamenei met Speaker Kalibaf amid war concerns
Iranian state media reported the meeting, which comes amid speculation about Khamenei's public appearances.
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Mojtaba Khamenei met Speaker Kalibaf amid war concerns
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What this story says
- Mojtaba Khamenei met with Iranian Speaker Mohamed Bagher Kalibaf to discuss the Israeli-American war.
- Iran's radio and television reported the meeting on Wednesday.
- Khamenei has not made a public appearance in Tehran since March 8.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 11 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 17 of the 28 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
62/100
Craft
70/100
Hype
15/100
28 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 11 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Mojtaba Khamenei met with Iranian Speaker Mohamed Bagher Kalibaf to discuss developments in the Israeli-American war against Iran. Iran's radio and television station reported the meeting on Wednesday. This event occurred while questions about Khamenei's public visibility have been noted; he has not made a public appearance in Tehran since March 8.
Coverage comparison
The Janoubia digest reported that Mojtaba Khamenei met with Speaker Mohamed Bagher Kalibaf to discuss the Israeli-American war against Iran, noting that Iran's radio and television station reported the meeting on Wednesday. The digest also stated that questions about Khamenei's situation continue, as he had not been publicly seen since March 8. Thepressroom.gr digest also reported that Mojtaba Khamenei met with the speaker of the parliament on developments in the war, adding that this contact took place while Khamenei had not made any public appearance in Tehran since March 8, when he took over leadership.
Omissions
Neither digest mentioned the specific date of the meeting, other than it was reported on a Wednesday. The digests did not include direct quotes from Mojtaba Khamenei or Mohamed Bagher Kalibaf.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 22 Oct 2026, 01:45, and will add the sides that appear.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Mojtaba Khamenei met Speaker Kalibaf amid war concerns?
- Of the 11 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 9% are rated left, 18% are rated centre, 73% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 28. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Mojtaba Khamenei met Speaker Kalibaf amid war concerns left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 11 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Mojtaba Khamenei met Speaker Kalibaf amid war concerns biased?
- Mojtaba Khamenei met Speaker Kalibaf amid war concerns is one event reported by 28 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Mojtaba Khamenei met Speaker Kalibaf amid war concerns?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Mojtaba Khamenei met Speaker Kalibaf amid war concerns?
- 28 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who met to discuss the Israeli-American war?
- Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, met with Speaker Mohamed Bagher Kalibaf. The meeting was to discuss developments in the Israeli-American war against Iran, according to reports from Iranian state media.
- When was the meeting reported?
- The meeting between Mojtaba Khamenei and Speaker Mohamed Bagher Kalibaf was reported by Iran's radio and television station on a Wednesday. This report came at a time when questions had been raised about Khamenei's public appearances.
- Has Mojtaba Khamenei appeared in public recently?
- Mojtaba Khamenei had not made a public appearance in Tehran since March 8. He took over the religious and political leadership on that date, succeeding his father.
Read it at the source
28 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
2- Iranian parliament speaker allegedly met with Mojtaba Khamenei, discussed US tensions (opens Jerusalem Post in a new tab)
Jerusalem Post — is Jerusalem Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Qalibaf meets Ayatollah Khamenei to discuss US-Israeli economic, military war against Iran (opens PressTV in a new tab)
Right
8- Iranian Negotiator Head Meets Supreme Leader… Discusses US and Israel Situations (opens 연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency in a new tab)
연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency — is 연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Iran's Parliament Speaker Meets Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Amid Tensions with US, Israel (opens Anadolu Ajansı in a new tab)
Anadolu Ajansı — is Anadolu Ajansı biased? Our profile of this outlet
- The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Met with the "Absent" Mojtaba Khamenei (opens Protothema in a new tab)
Protothema — is Protothema biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Iran says parliament speaker met unseen Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei (opens Al Arabiya in a new tab)
Al Arabiya — is Al Arabiya biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Iran’s Parliament Speaker Meets New Supreme Leader for First Time (opens news-pravda.com in a new tab)
news-pravda.com — is news-pravda.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Iran's Ghalibaf meets Khamenei amid US-Israel tensions (opens Daily Sabah in a new tab)
Daily Sabah — is Daily Sabah biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Meeting of the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly with the Supreme Leader of the Revolution (opens Mehr News Agency in a new tab)
Mehr News Agency — is Mehr News Agency biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei meets parliament speaker Qalibaf, state broadcaster IRIB reports (opens Arab News in a new tab)
Not rated
17- Amid the Mystery About His Appearance, Khamenei's Mob Meeting with Galibav? (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Iranian Parliament Speaker Kalibaf Discussed with Khamenei the Country and the Region. (opens indyturk.com in a new tab)
indyturk.com — is indyturk.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Iranian Media Reported a Meeting Between Galibaf and Mojtaba Khamenei (opens NEWSru.co.il in a new tab)
NEWSru.co.il — is NEWSru.co.il biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ghalibaf Met with the "Disappeared" Mojtaba Khamenei for Months (opens Pentapostagma in a new tab)
Pentapostagma — is Pentapostagma biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Khamenei Met with Kalibaf: This Time, the Table Doesn't Just Contain War. (opens turkiyegazetesi.com.tr in a new tab)
turkiyegazetesi.com.tr — is turkiyegazetesi.com.tr biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Mojtaba Khamenei Meets with the Speaker of the Parliament on Developments in the War (opens thepressroom.gr in a new tab)
thepressroom.gr — is thepressroom.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Khamenei and Qalibaf Discuss Developments in US War (opens welingelichtekringen.nl in a new tab)
welingelichtekringen.nl — is welingelichtekringen.nl biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Khamenei and Qalibaf Discuss Developments in US War (opens Nieuws.nl in a new tab)
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- Iran: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Met with the Speaker of Parliament (opens Capital.gr in a new tab)
Capital.gr — is Capital.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Iran: Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Met with the Speaker of Parliament (opens Naftemporiki in a new tab)
Naftemporiki — is Naftemporiki biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Meeting of the Speaker of the Parliament with the Leader of the Revolution (opens fararu.com in a new tab)
fararu.com — is fararu.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Iran: Khamenei Meets with the Speaker of Parliament (opens Business Daily in a new tab)
Business Daily — is Business Daily biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Iran’s Chief Negotiator Deals With Khamenei’s Last Developments of War · Global Voices (opens The Objective in a new tab)
The Objective — is The Objective biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Meeting of the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly with the Leader of the Revolution (opens defapress.ir in a new tab)
defapress.ir — is defapress.ir biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Qalibaf Met with the Supreme Leader of the Revolution (opens tabnak.ir in a new tab)
- Gallipav's Looking with Khamenei for an Update on the War. (opens IMLebanon in a new tab)
- Qalibaf Meets with the Leadership (opens asriran.com in a new tab)
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