The supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khameneiis found “unconscious and incapacitated” while receives medical treatment in the city of Qomaccording to the British media The Times. An intelligence assessment revealed that “he is not capable of governing the country” after get hurt in the same airstrike organized by the United States and Israel in which his father, Ali Khamenei, died.
The city where it is located, located 140 kilometers south of Tehran, is considered sacred in Shiite Islam. “Khamenei is being treated in Qom in serious condition, and cannot participate in the decision-making of the regime“, reads the statement.
Information about the young Khamenei’s whereabouts is believed to have been known to US and Israeli spy agencies for some time, but until now had not been made public.
Iran, for its part, confirmed that the new supreme leader was injured in the same air raid that killed his father, his motherhis wife and one of his children, on the first day of the war that has since fueled tensions in the region. Khamenei was not seen or heard from since the start of the war, despite having been chosen to succeed his father at the beginning of March.
Since then, Iranian state television read two statements attributed to the 56-year-old leader. On Monday, the channel broadcast an artificial intelligence-generated video in which he is seen entering a war room and analyzing a map of the Israeli Dimona nuclear power plant.
The absence of a recording of your voice reinforced unverified reports that his condition remained critical. In this framework, opposition groups affirmed that there was in a coma in a hospitalwhile others suggested that suffered a broken leg and facial injuries.
His alleged incapacity called into question Khamenei’s standing in a country where the supreme leader holds absolute political and religious authority. This could raise speculation about whether the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps maintains de facto control of the country.
After it was known this Monday the death of intelligence chief of Iran’s Revolutionary GuardsMajid KhademiKhamenei assured that the assassination of high-ranking commanders “will not deter fighters”.
“Khademi spent decades in silent and dedicated service in the fields of security, intelligence and defense. However, the unwavering ranks of fighters and fighters on the path of truth in Islamic Iran, together with the selfless Armed Forces, They make up a front so imposing and deeply rooted that terrorism and crime cannot even break their determination for jihadist ideals,” said the supreme leader in a message transmitted by his followers.
US President Donald Trump claimed to be negotiating with other Iranian officials, but explicitly said that you are not dealing with the supreme leader.
