Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is “safe and sound” despite war injuries, said Yousef Pezeshkian, a government adviser and the son of Iran’s president, on Wednesday.
Posting to his Telegram channel, Pezeshkian said: “I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections. They told me that, thank God, he is safe and sound.”
State television had called Khamenei, 56, a “wounded veteran of the Ramadan war” but never specified his injury.
The comments come amid speculation over the health and whereabouts of Khamenei, who has not engaged with the public since he succeeded his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three days ago.
According to the New York Times, Khamenei was injured on the opening day of the US and Israel’s attacks on Iran, citing three Iranian and two Israeli officials who spoke anonymously.
