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March 12, 2026

AIYATOLLAH:

This image of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, which has been widely published by Iranian media today and now appears on his new X account, appears to have been manipulated with AI.

Google's SynthID finds watermarks in it that indicate it has been edited using Google… pic.twitter.com/cDbYLlKFVz

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) March 12, 2026

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