Mojtaba Khamenei Recovering At A Hospital In Moscow?

Tehran, March 17: Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader of Iran, may have been transferred to Russia for medical treatment after he was severely injured in the US-Israeli airstrike that killed his father on February 28. The 56-year-old cleric was moved to Moscow after Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally offered” medical treatment to Khamenei during a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to a report by Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida.

Khamenei was flown to Moscow in a Russian military plane on Thursday after Putin’s call, the report claimed.

Russia has, meanwhile, refused to either confirm or deny the report. Talking to the Tass news agency, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, “We never comment on such reports.”

According to the Iranian foreign ministry, Khamenei was wounded in the US-Israeli strikes but is reportedly feeling well. The new ayatollah reportedly sustained severe injuries to his leg, arm and hand.

A leaked audio clip also claimed that Khamenei escaped death in the strike that killed several members of his family as he stepped out of the Khamenei compound just minutes before the attack. He reportedly sustained only “a minor injury to his leg” in the strike in the attack that killed his wife, Zahra Haddad-Adel, and their son instantly, according to a report by The Telegraph.