TEHRAN: An Iranian Health Ministry official said on Monday the injuries suffered by supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes in late February were only “superficial,” offering a rare account of the day he was wounded.
The 56-year-old has not appeared publicly since he was named as Iran’s supreme leader on March 8, issuing only written statements, fueling speculation about his health.
In March, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed Mojtaba was “believed to be alive, wounded, and disfigured.”
Mojtaba succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Feb. 28 that triggered retaliatory Iranian attacks across the region.
On Monday, Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour described the day Mojtaba was wounded and his arrival at a hospital, which he did not identify.
