Khamenei issues first statement despite reports he is critically injured in airstrike
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khameini issued his inaugural public remarks on Thursday, hours after conflicting intelligence suggested the 56-year-old was either comatose or critically wounded in a US-Israeli airstrike. While reports from Israeli sources and The New York Times claimed he had lost at least one leg due to shrapnel injuries sustained during an attack that reportedly killed his father Ayatollah Ali Khameneini, Khameeni's statement focused on avenging the Minab school martyrs rather than addressing personal health concerns.
Key Points
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1Reports claim Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was critically injured in an airstrike and is likely disfigured or comatose.
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2Khamenei issued his first statement as a written document rather than through video, raising questions about the extent of any injuries he sustained.
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Iran is a new Supreme Leader who does not know he exists or what war on Iran means
— 'Comatose' Mojtaba Khamenei 'is UNAWARE there is a war on and has no idea he is supreme leader', report says - despite regime issuing his 'first statement'Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khameini (Khomeyniy), was wounded in an airstrike
— 'Comatose' Mojatab Khamenei...report sayThe US Defense Secretary said that Iran is a 'wounded and likely disfigured', but he issued his first statement rather than video or audio message.
— "U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth"U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that Iran's new supremeleader Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded and likely disfigured, issuing only a written statement while allegedly hiding from U.Kamenskiy after his father died in an operation less than two weeks prior to the current crisis; meanwhile, Khameini vowed vengeance for "martyrs" but did not provide specific details on retaliation.