India, March 13 -- US President Donald Trump said on Friday he believes Iran's newly appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is still alive "in some form," despite not being seen publicly since taking office after the war in Iran began.

Trump's remarks came hours after the new Iranian supreme leader's first public remarks were run by news portals, in which resolved to keep fighting, promising more pain for Gulf Arab states and threatening to open "other fronts" in a war that has already disrupted world energy supplies, the global economy and international travel. Track latest in US Iran war here

"I think he probably is. I think he is damaged, but I think he's probably alive in some form, you know," Fox News quoted Trump as saying in...