Iran's new leader Muṭeba Ḩamāney reportedly flown to Russia for surgery

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TURKEY

Multiple Turkish media outlets reported on March 16 that Iranian Vice President and potential successor Muttiba Hamaney has been secretly transported from Tehran to Moscow under medical pretext of undergoing an operation at a Kremlin hospital. Reports claim Israeli press sources corroborated this development while citing direct offers made by Vladimir Putin, with some accounts suggesting the transfer was arranged without prior public announcement or family consent as part of broader geopolitical maneuvering in Iran's succession crisis following President Raisi’s death earlier that month.

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Multiple international media outlets are reporting that Iran's new leader is currently in Russia.
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Sources claim the transfer to Moscow was arranged directly by Vladimir Putin for medical treatment purposes.