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Mojtaba Khamenei injured in February attack

Published March 11th, 2026 - 06:37 GMT
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This handout picture taken in Tehran on October 30, 2024, and provided by the office of Iran's supreme leader, shows Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28, 2026 in a US-Israeli military strike. Photo by - / KHAMENEI.IR / AFP

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.

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.