Rumors Claim Iran's New Supreme Leader Sought Surgery in Moscow After Airstrikes
NewsIn the chaos of U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that killed his father, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly suffered wounds from head to foot and was secretly flown to Russia for care.
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A Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Jarida, reports that 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei was injured on February 28, 2026, during the Tehran strikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, then evacuated on a Russian military plane to a Moscow hospital for successful surgery by Russian and Iranian doctors. Iranian officials deny serious injury, insisting he is safe and leading, while he has not appeared publicly since his March 9 appointment, with his first message read by a presenter on state TV. The unverified claim, citing a source close to Khamenei and amid Putin's call to Iran's president, adds to swirling rumors about his health two weeks into the ongoing war.