Iran’s new supreme head injured but ‘safe’, states head’s son
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Iran’s new Supreme Head Ayatullah Mojtaba Khamenei is injured but “safe and sound”, the son of the head stated on Wednesday, offering the first
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Iran’s new supreme head injured but ‘safe’, states head’s son
Iran’s new Supreme Head Ayatullah Mojtaba Khamenei is injured but “safe and sound”, the son of the head stated on Wednesday, offering the first official explanation for why the 56-year-old has not been seen since his appointment at the weekend.
“I heard news that Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections,” Yousef Pezeshkian, who is also a province adviser, wrote in a post on his Telegram channel.
“They informed me that, thank God, he is safe and sound,” further stated the son of Head Masoud Pezeshkian.
Mojtaba, until now a low profile if powerful behind-the-scenes figure, was named Iran’s number one following the assassination of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an air walkout at the start of the US-Israeli conflict against the Islamic republic.
But there had been mounting questions about his whereabouts and physical condition after his appointment by the House of Experts clerical body, with the new supreme head yet to be seen, let alone speak, in general.
Province television had called the new supreme head a “wounded veteran of the Ramazan conflict” without giving details.
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