Iran's newly elected supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was slightly wounded but is continuing to exercise his functions, an official of the Islamic Republic told Reuters today, BTA reported.
The official did not disclose details about when Khamenei was injured or why he has not made a public statement since being appointed as Iran's new supreme leader.
Israeli intelligence officials earlier said Khamenei was slightly wounded in Israeli-US military action against the country.
Israeli intelligence believes that Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was slightly wounded in Israeli-US military action against Iran, Reuters reported, citing cited a senior Israeli official. According to intelligence, this is the reason why he does not appear in public.
Earlier today, Agence France-Presse quoted the son of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian - Yousef, according to whom Mojtaba Khamenei is “alive and well, although wounded.”
"I heard information that Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded. I asked friends who have connections. They told me that, thank God, he is alive and well," wrote on his "Telegram" channel; Yousef Pezeshkian, who is an advisor to the government."
V. "New York Times" quoted three senior Iranian officials today as saying that Mojtaba "was wounded in the legs but is conscious and is in a high-security location where communications are restricted."
The newspaper also cited two senior Israeli military officials as confirming his wounding based on information received by Israeli intelligence before Mojtaba was named the new supreme leader on Sunday.