Did Iran’s elusive supreme leader really sit in the dark with the president?

Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian reportedly sat in the back of a dark car for a secret, reportedly brief meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, yet Pezeshkian cannot confirm it was the leader, hearing only a voice in the dark. The encounter reportedly happened after Pezeshkian pressed for a meeting, and he’s since asked for a face-to-face at the leader’s residence. IRGC influence has grown amid widespread mystery around Khamenei’s public absence since taking power.