On March 12, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump stated in an interview with the Brian Kilmeade show on Fox News Radio that Mojtaba Khamenei, the new leader of the Islamic Republic, is "messed up" and probably "alive in some form."

On March 12, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump stated in an interview with the Brian Kilmeade show on Fox News Radio that Mojtaba Khamenei, the new leader of the Islamic Republic, is "messed up" and probably "alive in some form."

According to an unnamed U.S. official cited by NBC News, the Iranian government has launched several drones at commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz following an agreement with the U.S. to end the war; the U.S. military says it has neutralized these drones before they could threaten commercial or U.S. military personnel in the area.
Security sources report a drone attack on a camp of Kurdish groups opposed to the Islamic Republic in the eastern part of Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Additional details have not been provided.