JL-067 · Prof Jiang Xueqin · said
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, aged 85, will die within the next five years.
Prof Jiang Xueqin said this on 24 May 2024. Our assessment, on the public evidence linked below, is confirmed.
What Prof Jiang Xueqin said
“we can expect that with within the next five years camani”
Our assessment
Settled early. Ali Khamenei died on 28 February 2026, killed in joint US and Israeli strikes on Tehran, about 21 months after the 24 May 2024 claim and well inside its five-year window. The claim named the outcome but not the cause; he was killed rather than dying of age.
Evidence
This is our opinion, reached from the quote alongside it and the evidence linked here. How we score.
Verdict history 1
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Settled early. Ali Khamenei died on 28 February 2026, killed in joint US and Israeli strikes on Tehran, about 21 months after the 24 May 2024 claim and well inside its five-year window. The claim named the outcome but not the cause; he was killed rather than dying of age.