 "The Mossad Farsi account has made provocative allegations against Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. File Photo/Reuters")
An account on the social media platform X, which is purportedly linked to Israel’s national intelligence agency, has made sensational claims about Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Mossad’s Farsi account has alleged that the 86-year-old conservative cleric is addicted to drugs.
However, there are doubts about the authenticity of the account itself. Mossad has also not officially confirmed that its affiliation.
Let’s take a closer look.
What has Mossad Farsi claimed?
The Mossad’s Farsi social media account alleged on Friday (July 25) that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , spends his time sleeping and high on drugs.
“How can a leader lead when they sleep half the day and spend the other half high on substances?” the account wrote on Friday on X. “Water, electricity, life!”
The account made a similar claim on July 9, saying: “Consuming drugs and conversing with spirits are not desirable traits for someone leading a country.”
The account, with a blue tick, is new and was created just last month. It claims to be the official Mossad spokesperson in Farsi, the official language of Iran. However, the Israeli intelligence agency has not officially confirmed the account is linked to it, as per a Fox News report.
Two intelligence agents have claimed the account appears to be authentic.
“Some of the information it has shared could only have come from Mossad,” Beny Sabti, an Iran expert at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, told JFeed, an Israeli news outlet.
Is there any truth to the claims?
There is no confirmation of the claims, which just seem to be speculations. However, claims about the Iranian supreme leader’s alleged drug use have been made in the past.
In 2022, an Iranian academic accused Khamenei of using drugs. “Many viewers do not know this, but Khamenei himself uses drugs,” Nour Mohamed Omara told a television station in Turkey at the time.
“He has a special village in Balochistan, where the drugs used by the leader are produced. This village is run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and no one is allowed in,” the academic added.
The claims come even as Iran declared illicit substances “un-Islamic” in 1979 after the Iranian Revolution.
Iranians face the death penalty for drug-related offences.
Other posts by Mossad Farsi
The Mossad-linked account has made many claims about Iran and Khamenei’s health over the last month.
The account asks Iranians to contact it through “private messages, for your own security, please ensure you are using a VPN.”
After the 12-day Iran-Israel war, the account wrote on X: “A ceasefire has been put into effect. Now, the extent of the damage is becoming clear. At this moment, the regime is focused on its senior officials, not on caring for its citizens.
“We stand with you and have formed a team of specialised doctors, including experts in cardiology, diabetes. pulmonary diseases, infectious diseases, oncology, as well as support for pregnant women and psychological assistance.”
On June 24, United States President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel after 12 days of conflict.
The Mossad Farsi account’s one of the most viral posts was related to the newly appointed commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, which is the command headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces.
After Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported that the regime would not disclose the commander’s identity “for his protection,” the X account claimed to already know the name. It also called on Iranians to send in their guesses.
The account replied to the “lucky winner” who guessed the name Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, asking the user to “contact us privately to receive your prize.”
With inputs from agencies