President Donald Trump laughed out loud after receiving an intelligence report last week that new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay, according to a new report.
“Trump couldn’t contain his surprise and laughed aloud when he was briefed on the intel, according to sources,” the New York Post reported Monday, citing two intelligence officials and a source close to the White House.
Khamenei’s father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a strike at the start of Operation Epic Fury, feared his son would not be an ideal candidate to succeed him because of his rumored sexual orientation, the Post reported.
Mojtaba Khamenei, who was wounded in the same strike, which also killed his wife and son, “has made ‘aggressive’ sexual overtures to men caring for him, possibly while under the influence of heavy medication,” one of the Post’s sources told the paper.
The sources said the intelligence report is credible and not disinformation intended to undermine Mojtaba Khamenei, according to the Post.
“The fact that this was elevated to the highest of high levels shows you there’s some confidence in this,” one of the sources said.
The new intelligence is the latest potentially embarrassing information about Iran’s new supreme leader, who is as the head of state of the theocracy where homosexuality is illegal.
After Mojtaba Khamanei was selected as the new supreme leader, The Sun reported he needed “four hospital visits” in London “to be treated for impotency,” citing U.S. intelligence.
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