Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued multiple written statements on regional policy and U.S. presence since his March 2026 appointment following his father’s death in U.S.-Israeli strikes, yet he has released no verified video, audio, or in-person public appearance. Reported injuries from the February attack, combined with ongoing conflict and official references to “understandable reasons” for seclusion, have sustained health speculation and shaped trader views on visibility timelines. President Masoud Pezeshkian’s May 7 confirmation of a two-and-a-half-hour in-person meeting represents the most recent institutional acknowledgment, while further diplomatic or domestic events within the active war environment could influence the timing of any public debut.