Iran’s new supreme chief Mojtaba Khameneii, who has not spoken or been seen in public since his appointment on the weekend, is injured however “protected”, officers stated Wednesday (March 11, 2026).
“I heard information that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I’ve requested some mates who had connections,” the Iranian President’s son, Yousef Pezeshkian, wrote in a submit on his Telegram channel.
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“They informed me that, thank God, he’s protected and sound,” added Mr. Pezeshkian, who’s a authorities advisor.
Mr. Khamenei was named Iran’s Supreme Chief on Sunday (March 8, 2026) to exchange his father Ali who was assassinated in an air strike in the beginning of the US-Israeli struggle towards the Islamic republic on February 28.
“He was additionally there and he was injured in that bombardment however I haven’t seen that mirrored within the international information,” Tehran’s ambassador to Cyprus, Alireza Salarian, informed The Guardian newspaper on Wednesday (March 11, 2026).
The strike on the compound in central Tehran additionally killed different members of the Khamenei household, together with Mr. Mojtaba’s spouse and mom, in keeping with Iranian authorities.
There had been mounting questions on Mojtaba Khamenei’s well being, and even hypothesis on-line that he may need died alongside together with his family members.
State tv had known as him a “wounded veteran of the Ramadan struggle” with out giving particulars, in reference to the battle which broke out through the Muslim holy month.
His face has appeared on large billboards in Tehran, with one exhibiting him symbolically receiving the nationwide flag from his father Ali whereas the founding chief of the Islamic republic, Ruhollah Khomeini, appears to be like on.
Posters of him have been brandished by hundreds of pro-government demonstrators at an enormous rally in central Tehran on Monday (March 9, 2026).
However night-time cries of “Loss of life to Mojtaba!” within the capital have additionally underlined public opposition to a determine believed to have performed a key function in repressing waves of anti-government protests since 2009.
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Quoting three unnamed Iranian officers, The New York Occasions additionally reported Wednesday that Khamenei “had suffered accidents, together with to his legs, however that he was alert and sheltering at a extremely safe location with restricted communication”.
Two Israeli army officers additionally informed the newspaper that their intelligence providers believed Khamenei had suffered leg accidents.
On condition that the brand new Iranian commander-in-chief immediately grew to become a goal for assassination by the US and Israel on the weekend, analysts stated he would stay out of public view for a while.
Emile Hokayem, of the London-based Worldwide Institute for Strategic Research, stated he anticipated him “to take a seat in a bunker someplace for a really very long time as a result of he noticed what occurred to his father, his spouse, his mom who have been all killed within the preliminary assault”.
“Killing him early is actually an Israeli precedence. If he survives, he turns into a totem, an affidavit to the resilience of the system,” Mr. Hokayem informed an internet occasion organised by his think-tank on Monday (March 9, 2026).
He stated he anticipated Mr. Khamenei to delegate energy to run the federal government to nationwide safety chief Ali Larijani and the struggle effort to highly effective parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
The Military and the highly effective Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) each pledged allegiance to Mr. Khamenei after his nomination, as did the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and the Hezbollah armed group in Lebanon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised “unwavering assist”.
Earlier than his nomination, U.S. President Donald Trump had warned that Mr. Khamenei can be “unacceptable” as new Supreme Chief.
“If he doesn’t get approval from us he’s not going to final lengthy,” Mr. Trump informed ABC Information on Sunday.
Mr. Mojtaba’s father Ali lived the latter half of his life with {a partially} paralysed arm, having been injured in an assassination try in 1981.
The Iranian Supreme Chief is appointed by an 88-member committee of clerics and holds the place for all times.
He additionally serves as a spiritual information for Shia Muslims.
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