Iranian newspaper: This is why no recording of Mojtaba Khamenei has been published

Shtetl
August 2, 2026   
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Since the beginning of the "Harry's Roar," no "sign of life" of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been published, not even an audio recording. Despite this, Iran continues to deny claims that he has been eliminated - but has not published any proof.

According to a report on the i24 channel, the Iranian channel "Mashhari" published an article today (Sunday) explaining why no voice recording of Mojtaba Khamenei has been published so far.

According to the channel, the reason for this is the fear that intelligence services will be able to locate his location through analysis of audio files.

According to a video by the channel published on Telegram, there are five main risk factors in publishing voice recordings - which intelligence agencies use for detection purposes.

• Every enclosed space has a unique acoustic fingerprint, through which precise details about the room in which the recording was made can be deduced.

• Information can be extracted from the electrical network about the date and time of the recording and even identify the specific section of the electrical network where it was made.

• Every microphone or recording device leaves a unique signature in the audio file. For example, cell phone microphones attenuate low frequencies, and cheap components create characteristic harmonic distortions that serve as a kind of "fingerprint" of the device.

• Background noise, such as ventilation systems, generators, cooling equipment, or other technical features of the site, may give away the recording location.

• The resonance of the speaker's voice may allow conclusions to be drawn about his breathing patterns, the pauses between words, his physical condition, his heart rate, and the level of stress he is under.