Iran’s new Supreme Chief, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been injured within the ongoing conflict, confirmed Iran President’s son Yousef Pezeshkian. The assertion comes amid hypothesis over the well being and whereabouts of Khamenei. Pezeshkian added that regardless of the accidents, the brand new Supreme Chief, who changed his father Ali Khamenei after his killing in US-Israel strikes, is “secure and sound”.
Posting to his Telegram channel, Pezeshkian mentioned, “I heard information that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I’ve requested some buddies who had connections. They informed me that, thank God, he’s secure and sound.”
State tv had referred to as Khamenei, 56, a “wounded veteran of the Ramadan conflict” however by no means specified his harm.
In keeping with the New York Occasions, Khamenei was injured on the opening day of the US and Israel’s assaults on Iran, citing three Iranian and two Israeli officers who spoke anonymously.
Iran’s Meeting of Consultants has introduced that Mojtaba Khamenei will succeed his slain father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, because the nation’s Supreme Chief, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, based on Reuters.
The official announcement got here days after a report from Iran Worldwide, an anti-Tehran media outlet, first mentioned that the 56-year-old hardliner had been chosen for the omnipotent function.
WHO IS MOJTABA KHAMENEI?
Mojtaba Khamenei, born in 1969 in Iran’s holy Shia metropolis of Mashhad, grew up through the political turmoil that finally led to the overthrow of the Shah. As a younger man, he served through the Iran–Iraq conflict.
He later obtained non secular training within the conservative seminaries of Qom, the centre of Shia theological studying in Iran.
Regardless of being the son of Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba has by no means held an official authorities place. Nevertheless, the US Treasury Division sanctioned him in 2019, saying he had represented his father in an “official capability” with out being elected or formally appointed.
He has hardly ever spoken publicly however has been seen at pro-regime rallies. Mojtaba additionally drew criticism from protesters throughout nationwide unrest following the custodial demise of a younger lady accused of violating Iran’s strict costume code legal guidelines.
He’s extensively believed to have performed a key function within the political rise of hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who grew to become Iran’s president in 2005.
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