Mojtaba Khamenei unconscious, not involved in decision-making: Report

The Times report said that Mojtaba Khamenei sustained injuries in the same US-Israeli attacks that killed Ayatollah Ali Khameni and is presently undergoing treatment in a private hospital in the city of Qom.

In Short

• Mojtaba Khamenei was injured in the same airstrike that killed his father
• He is under treatment and is incapable of taking decisions
• Iranian officials claim he is active in leading the nation

Mojtaba Khamenei, the newly-appointed Supreme Leader of Iran, is unconscious and presently receiving treatment at a hospital in the Iranian city of Qom, a report by the Times said.

Citing inputs from a diplomatic memo shared by US-Israeli intelligence sources with its Gulf allies, the report further added that Khamenei sustained serious injuries in the same airstrike that killed his father, the erstwhile Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28. As a result, he is unable to run the country and is going through treatment in Qom.

"Mojtaba Khamenei is being treated in Qom in a severe condition, unable to be involved in any decision-making by the regime," the memo reads, as reported by the Times.

The memo also revealed the Supreme Leader's location for the first time since he was elevated to the head of the nation. He is presently residing in the central city, 87 miles south of Tehran, and is considered sacred as per the doctrines of Shia Islam.

As the memo suggests, the intelligence agencies of the United States and Israel got hold of the Supreme Leader's location. However, they did not reveal it to the world before.

WHERE IS KHAMENEI? QUESTIONS SURFACE

Since assuming power, Khamenei has not been seen in public till date, which raised questions about his life. Rumours circulated that the 56-year-old Shia cleric died in the same attack that assassinated his father.

However, the Iranian officials mentioned multiple times that Khamenei is presently in charge of Iran and playing a role in deciding the country's course of action in the prevailing West Asia conflict, despite confirming the news of him being injured in the February 28 attacks.

Earlier, two statements attributed to Khamenei were read on Iranian state television. A video of the leader walking into a war room and analysing a map of Israel’s nuclear power plant in Dimona was also released a few days ago.

Yesterday, the Supreme Leader also condemned the death of the IRGC intelligence chief, Majid Khamenei, by saying that assassinations will not be able to weaken the regime. He also condemned Trump's Stone Age remark.

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