(TNND) — Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly received a fractured foot and other minor injuries on the first day the U.S.-Israeli hit the country with joint strikes.
Khamenei also received a bruise around his left, a source told CNN, and minor lacerations to his face.
Rumors circulated for days about the supreme leader’s injuries after he was chosen by an Assembly of Experts to succeed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the initial strikes on Feb. 28.
The 56-year-old served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during the latter years of the Iran-Iraq War. The Council on Foreign Relations describes the IRGC as “one of the most powerful and feared organizations in Iran,” with central roles in power projection, internal security, and the economy.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s son, Yousef, confirmed early Wednesday that Mojtaba Khamenei was unharmed.
“I asked some people who were in contact with him. They said that, thank God, he is safe and there are no concerns,” Pezeshkian told the semi-official Iranian news agency ISNA.
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President Donald Trump has openly opposed the idea of the younger Khamenei becoming the new leader, saying he finds him “unacceptable” and suggesting the U.S. should “be involved” in determining Iran’s post-war leadership.
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