ALBAWABA - Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was injured in the attack on Tehran by the United States and Israel on Feb. 28.
However, Mojtaba, the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is 'safe and sound' despite war injuries, the Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian's son confirmed.
"I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections. They told me that, thank God, he is safe and sound," Yousef Pezeshkian, who is also a government adviser, posted on Telegram.
State television had called the new supreme leader a "wounded veteran of the Ramadan war" but never specified his injury.
Demonstrators hold a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a rally in support of him at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on March 9, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader of Iran, was killed in the preemptive attack carried out by the US and Israel against Iran. In addition, several other senior officials were also killed in the same strike.
On Sunday, Iran's Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the slain Ali Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader.
The Israeli military said in a post on X in Farsi that it would pursue every person who seeks to appoint a successor for Khamenei, referring to the clerical body charged with choosing the country’s supreme leader.
