Mojtaba Khamenei

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Tehran mayor reveals Khamenei’s wife killed in US-Israeli strike

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not appeared in public since assuming power in March 2026, more than five months after the February 28 US-Israeli airstrike that killed his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The prolonged absence has fueled…

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Iran’s supreme leader reportedly near death, opposition outlet claims

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in critical condition and could die at any moment, according to a report published by opposition outlet IranWire on August 6, citing two anonymous sources close to President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration. The report marks…

U.S. intel finds Iran’s new leader more open to nuclear weapons

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is more open to pursuing nuclear weapons than his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a report by The New York Times published Thursday. The assessment comes as…

Israel says Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded, in Iran and managed by IRGC

Nearly five months after being wounded in the opening strike of Operation Lion's Roar, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei remains a ghost-like figure at the apex of the Islamic Republic, with Israeli officials now pushing back on reports that he…

Khamenei calls Trump’s signature ‘worthless’ as US-Iran MoU collapses

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a written statement on Saturday declaring that President Donald Trump's signature on the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding is "utterly worthless and devoid of credibility," warning that Iran and the Axis of Resistance have "unforgettable…

Iran’s reclusive new leader may speak with Putin first, TASS reports

Russian President Vladimir Putin could become the first foreign leader to hold direct talks with Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, according to an Iranian source cited by Russia's state news agency TASS on Saturday.

Three Khamenei sons appear at funeral; successor stays hidden

Millions of mourners packed Tehran's Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla on Sunday as the state funeral for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei entered its second day of public ceremonies, with three of his sons appearing beside his coffin while his…

Iran says Khamenei suffered only ‘superficial’ wounds in February airstrikes

Iran's Health Ministry on Monday publicly detailed for the first time the injuries sustained by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during the February 28 US-Israeli strikes on Tehran, describing them as minor and dismissing months of international reports that he…