Trump says the Houthis begged him for mercy "Please don't bomb us any more!", and it was only out of his generosity and magnanimity that he chose to spare their lives.
If my hunch is correct, the Ayatollah already mati (his health was not good anyway), but totalitarian regimes cannot suka suka tell the truth about the health or dead status of their Supreme Leader, otherwise the country will descend into chaos.