US EditionIran denies supreme leader dead after Trump comments
Reports say Mojtaba Khamenei was seriously injured in a strike and is being treated under heavy guard despite Iranian officials denying major issues.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump told NBC, 'I don't know if he's even alive. So far, nobody's been able to show him,' and urged Mojtaba Khamenei to surrender if alive.
- Reports from Tehran say an anonymous source claimed Khamenei, 56, lost at least one leg and suffered severe injuries during a strike by the U.S. or Israel, bypassing Iran's internet shutdown.
- Mojtaba Khamenei missed his scheduled Thursday statement, and Iranian state television confirmed he sustained injuries though details remain limited.
- US and allied officials issued differing assessments: Pete Hegseth, US Defence Secretary, said the supreme leader was wounded and likely disfigured, while Hakan Fidan, Türkiye's foreign minister, said 'he is alive and functioning' and Abbas Araghchi, Iranian foreign minister, reported 'no problem'.
- Verification is hampered by Iran's widespread internet blackout, and an anonymous informant in Tehran said Khamenei is treated at Sina University Hospital, Tehran's historic quarter, which is heavily guarded.
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Vance Says Khamenei ‘Hurt’ in Strikes
Vice President JD Vance said that Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was hurt in strikes on Iran,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Said Vance: “It’s obviously a very chaotic environment over there. And you have the Israelis striking, you have, obviously the United States striking a number of targets. We know that he’s hurt. We don’t know exactly how bad, but we know that he’s hurt.”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, asked whether Iran's new top leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was alive. The suspect is speculating about the health of the aiatollá: Mojtaba was appointed successor to his father, the aatolá Ali Khamenei, a week ago, but until now he was not seen in public in his new job.
Araqchi also said that Iran welcomes any "regional initiative that leads to a just end to the war."
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