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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

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

Left 9%(1)Centre 18%(2)Right 73%(8)

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.

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