Iran’s New Leader Is Wounded, Likely Disfigured, Hegseth Says

Iran’s New Leader Is Wounded, Likely Disfigured, Hegseth Says

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah’s office in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 1, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Handout via Reuters

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on March 13 that Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is “wounded and likely disfigured.”

“He put out a statement yesterday, a weak one, actually, but there was no voice, and there was no video. It was a written statement,” Hegseth said at a Pentagon press briefing.

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Original News Source Link – Epoch Times