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Mojtaba Khamenei was selected to replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the new supreme leader of Iran. Following a US airstrike that killed several family members, Khamenei was reportedly flown to Moscow for life-saving leg surgery.
Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Iranian Supreme Leader, is reported to be alive and was recently flown to Moscow for surgery following a US airstrike, according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed, “The leader of the revolution is in good health and is fully managing the situation.”
Mojtaba Khamenei, the newly selected Iranian Supreme Leader, remains in recovery following a life-saving operation in Moscow after surviving an airstrike that also killed several family members. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Khamenei is “in good health and is fully managing the situation,” despite not yet making a public appearance.
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A protester holds up a picture of Mojtaba Khamenei during the Al-Quds Day rally in Albert Embankment
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Iran’s new supreme leader nearly killed in a US airstrike, was allegedly flown to Russia for life-saving leg surgery.
Despite US reports that he is was killed in the strike, Mojtaba Khamenei recently issued a blood-thirsty statement demanding revenge on the US and its allies.
Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported that the new Ayoatollah had been pulled out of the bunker strike that killed his wife, mother, father and son and snuck him out of Iran for a top secret surgery.
The secret evacuation saw the new, but badly injured, Iranian leader was flown to Moscow on a Russian military aircraft.
Khamenei then allegedly received a ‘successful’ operation in one of Vladimir Putin’s presidential palaces.
Reports range from a fractured foot and minor lacerations to his face, to the loss of a leg or even Khamenei being placed in a coma.
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A satellite image shows black smoke rising and heavy damage at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound, following strikes at the beginning of the war (Picture: via REUTERS)
Al-Jarida said its unverified information came from a ‘high-ranking source close to the new Iranian Supreme Leader’.
Iran has said the new Ayatollah is alive after Donald Trump suggested he heard the newly chosen supreme leader was ‘not’.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi wrote: ‘The leader of the revolution is in good health and is fully managing the situation.’
Mojtaba Khamenei was selected to replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the top role last week after the US and Israel carried out a targeted assassination at the beginning of the war.
But he has still not made a public appearance, and did not appear on camera to issue his first message of vengeance on Thursday.
Instead, state media published a written statement, saying: ‘I assure everyone that we will not refrain from avenging the blood of your martyrs.’
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