Tavakoli said colleagues at the compound reported injuries to Mojtaba’s lip, forehead and leg, but he found no confirmation that the new leader had been seriously wounded.
\n\nIranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei suffered injuries to his lip, forehead and leg during the February 28 US-Israeli strike on the leadership compound in Tehran, according to an account shared by Tehran emergency chief Mohammad Esmail Tavakoli. Appearing in an interview with Iran International, Tavakoli said colleagues who were at the supreme leader’s compound told him about the injuries sustained during the attack.
\n\nHowever, Tavakoli said he found no confirmation of reports that Khamenei had been seriously wounded, leaving the extent of the leader’s injuries uncertain. His remarks add to the accounts surrounding Khamenei’s condition after the opening wave of US and Israeli strikes killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and triggered a wider regional confrontation.
\n\nThe February 28 attack targeted Iran’s senior leadership alongside military and security infrastructure. Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father as supreme leader on March 8, was reportedly injured in the same strike. However, accounts of the severity of his wounds have varied, and his extended absence from public view after the strike further fuelled questions about his…
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