Trump laughs after being told Iran’s new Supreme Leader may be gay

The article also cited claims that Khamenei had been in a long-term relationship with a childhood tutor and allegedly made advances toward men caring for him, though these allegations have not been independently verified. Officials from the White House have not publicly commented on the report.

US President Donald Trump was briefed last week by US intelligence that Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, may be gay, and that’s the reason his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, feared his suitability to rule the Islamic Republic/

The New York Post, citing sources, reports that when Trump was briefed, he couldn’t control his laughter and laughed aloud.

Others in the room also found it “hilarious” and joined the president’s reaction, while one senior intelligence official “has not stopped laughing about it for days,” said one person familiar with the briefing.

All three sources said US spy agencies reviewed the allegation and found it as credible, rather than false information intended to undermine the 56-year-old who was selected to replace his dead father as supreme leader on March 8.

Two of the sources said the intelligence indicated that Mojt Mojtaba, who earned the nickname “the power behind the robes” while serving as his ageing father’s gatekeeper, had a long- term sexual relationship with his childhood tutor.

US spy agencies did not have photographic evidence of Mojtab of Mojtaba Khamenei’s alleged sexual attraction to men, but the sources insisted the tip was solid, with one saying it was “derived from one of the most protected sources that the government has.”