Trump says he is ‘hearing’ Iran’s new supreme leader is ‘not alive’

Mojtaba Khamenei was selected to take over from his father last week (Picture: Rouhollah Vahdati/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump has said he doesn’t know if Iran’s newly chosen supreme leader is still alive – but added he is ‘hearing he’s not’.

Mojtaba Khamenei was selected to replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the top role last week after the US and Israel carried out a targeted assassination at the beginning of the war.

But he has still not made a public appearance...