US EditionTrump Says Iran’s New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Is Probably Alive but Injured
Trump said Mojtaba Khamenei likely survives but is injured after airstrikes killed his father; Iranian officials confirm injuries but say he is recovering under heavy security.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump stated he believes Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is "probably alive" but "damaged" during an interview on "The Brian Kilmeade Show."
- Mojtaba Khamenei assumed leadership after his father was killed in U.S.-Israel strikes on February 28.
- Diplomat Alireza Salarian claimed the leader is hospitalized with injuries to his "legs and hand and arm," though Iranian officials maintain he is "safe and recovering.
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In an interview with the American media Fox News on 13 March, the US president claimed that Iran's new supreme guide was wounded. "I think he's damaged, but I think he's probably alive in some form or another," explains Donald Trump. According to Le Figaro, Alireza Salarian, Iranian ambassador to Cyprus, would have heard rumours in this direction: "I heard that he was injured in his legs, hand and arm... I think he's in the hospital because he's…
Unseen since his election as Supreme Leader on 8 March, Mojtaba Khamenei was reportedly hit by the same attack that killed his father. But Iran maintains the blur on his true state of health.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said this Friday that the new leader...
Trump: New Iran supreme leader ‘probably alive in some form’
President Trump said he believes that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is alive. “I think he probably is. I think he’s damaged, but I think he’s probably alive in some form, yeah,” the president told Fox News commentator Brian Kilmeade in an interview that will air Friday morning. Khamenei was injured during the joint…
Is Mojtaba Khamenei Still Alive? Donald Trump Breaks Silence On 'Damaged' Iranian Leader
President Donald Trump has weighed in on swirling rumours about Mojtaba Khamenei's health, suggesting Iran's new Supreme Leader is 'probably alive' but 'damaged' from recent US strikes. Speaking to Fox News Radio on Thursday, Trump addressed the 56-year-old cleric's absence from public view since succeeding his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in a February 28 airstrike in Tehran. The elder Khamenei died last month amid Operation Epic Fury…
JUST IN: Trump Says Iran's New Supreme Leader "Probably Alive in Some Form" but "Damaged" as Reports Claim He's Incapacitated
President Trump on Thursday said that Iran’s new Supreme Leader, 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei, is “damaged” but “probably alive,” amid reports from Iranian TV and other outlets that Khamenei was wounded as US and Israeli strikes continue to bombard Iran. War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday declined to comment on whether or not these reports were accurate.
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