Iran Media Says New Supreme Leader Wounded Amid Escalating War

Iran’s state television has acknowledged that the country’s newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, sustained wounds amid the ongoing conflict dubbed the “Ramadan war” by local media.

Anchors on the broadcast referred to Mojtaba as “janbaz,” a term signifying someone injured by an adversary, without elaborating on the circumstances or severity of the injury.

The 55-year-old cleric, son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has not appeared publicly since hostilities erupted following the February 28 airstrike that claimed his father’s life and that of his mother, Mansoureh Khojasteh.

The revelation comes as Iran grapples with intensified US-Israeli military actions, which have prompted retaliatory strikes and heightened regional tensions.