Iran’s recent Supreme Leader is reportedly unconscious in one in every of Iran’s holiest cities, unable to run the country he inherited from his dead father.
Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly being treated for a ‘severe’ medical condition, American and Israeli intelligence have found.
A memo shared amongst Gulf allies revealed Khamenei’s location for the primary time, The Times reported.
The memo mentioned that Khamenei was ‘unable to be involved in any decision-making by the regime’.
As for his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an air strike within the early days of the war, his body is being prepared for burial in Qom.
The reports regarding the younger Khamenei are certain to spark futher speculation, after it was initially reported that he suffered serious injuries within the strike which killed his father.
There have been claims that Khamenei lost one leg and suffered serious abdominal injuries in a US-Israeli air strike that worn out his family. Some reports said he’s in a coma.
Still, days after the deadly strike and being named as the brand new Supreme Leader, he issued a written statement.
‘I assure everyone that we are going to not refrain from avenging the blood of your martyrs,’ he said.
‘The revenge we’re considering shouldn’t be only related to the martyrdom of the good leader of the revolution; relatively, every member of the nation who’s martyred by the enemy is an independent subject for the revenge case.’
The legitimacy of the statement has come under scrutiny, given the claims about his health and the shortage of any public appearance in greater than a month.
Gathering for Ramadan in the identical bunker, Mojtaba Khamenei’s father, Ali Khamenei, mother, Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, his wife of 20 years, Zahra and one in every of his sons, reported as Mohammad, were all killed within the strike that launched the war in late February.
In that strike, Mojtaba suffered a fractured foot, a bruise around his left eye, in addition to minor lacerations to his face, a source accustomed to the situation told CNN.
Initial reports said he was in search of treatment within the intensive care unit at Sina University Hospital in Tehran after being injured.
Dr Katayoun Shahandeh, a Lecturer within the history of Art and Museology, previously told Metro: ‘It is rather likely that retaliation and resistance will turn out to be central themes in Mojtaba Khamenei’s leadership, no less than in rhetoric.
‘The strikes that killed the previous Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (Mojtaba’s father) and members of his family will inevitably shape the political atmosphere in Tehran.
‘Reports suggest that Mojtaba himself was injured in the identical attack and lost close relatives, which makes the moment not only political but deeply personal.’
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