Iran’s state-run Tasnim and Mehr news agencies reported that the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is alive and in good health. The confirmation came after conflicting international reports claimed that Khamenei had been killed.

Earlier, Reuters cited a senior Israeli official who alleged that Khamenei’s body had been found following a joint U.S.-Israeli strike on February 28. The official claimed that the Iranian leader was killed in the attack and his body recovered. In contrast, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC that nearly all Iranian officials remain alive, healthy, and in safe locations.

The contradictory statements have created uncertainty over the situation in Iran’s leadership, with state media emphasizing Khamenei’s wellbeing while foreign sources continue to assert his death.