Reuters: Mojtaba Khamenei has not yet recovered from injury, but “remains clear-headed”

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe injuries to his face and legs sustained in an airstrike on February 28. This was reported to Reuters by three anonymous sources from the inner circle of the new head of the Islamic republic.

According to the agency's interlocutors, as a result of a strike on the residence of the Supreme Leader in the center of Tehran on the first day of the US-Israeli war against Iran, the face of 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei was disfigured, and he also received serious injuries to both legs. At the same time, sources say, Khamenei remains clear-headed - he takes part in meetings with senior Iranian officials via audio conferences and participates in decision-making on important issues, including negotiations with the United States.

Reuters notes that this information from sources in Khamenei's inner circle contains the most detailed description of the Iranian leader's condition in recent weeks, although the agency could not independently confirm it.

• Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded on the first day of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, February 28, and his father Ali Khamenei, the country's previous supreme leader, was killed. On March 7, Israeli Channel 12 reported that the younger Khamenei was wounded, citing sources. The New York Times later wrote that Mojtaba Khamenei suffered leg injuries. A few more days later, the Iranian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded, but “feels well.”
• The British The Times wrote on April 7, citing American and Israeli intelligence data, that Mojtaba Khamenei was undergoing treatment in the Iranian city of Qom and was in serious condition, unconscious. The next day, when the US and Iran reached an agreement on a two-week truce, Axios reported that Mojtaba Khamenei was “actively involved” in the negotiations. At the same time, he allegedly observed the strictest measures of secrecy, passing notes with his decisions through couriers. Since his election as the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has never appeared in public.