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Mojtaba Khamenei Pulled From Hospital Rubble After US Strikes: Report
- •Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was reportedly rescued from a Tehran hospital after it was hit by US and Israeli strikes, following earlier injuries.
- •Mohsen Heydari, a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts, revealed in an interview that three hospitals were bombed after Khamenei was admitted, with him being in the third.
- •Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, has since disappeared and has not been seen publicly, leading to speculation about his condition.
- •Heydari also detailed the secret process of Khamenei's selection as Iran's new supreme leader, where he received 50 out of 59 votes.
- •Despite US intelligence suggesting severe disfigurement, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated Mojtaba Khamenei is "completely" healthy after a recent seven-hour meeting.
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According to reports, Mojtaba Khamenei was pulled from the rubble of a Tehran hospital after it was hit by US and Israeli strikes. While speculation has suggested severe injuries or even disfigurement from ongoing military operations, Iranian officials have offered contrasting accounts, with President Masoud Pezeshkian describing him as completely healthy and a health ministry official calling his injuries superficial.
Mojtaba Khamenei was selected as Iran's new supreme leader on March 8. According to Assembly of Experts member Mohsen Heydari, Mojtaba apparently did not know he had been chosen until the announcement aired on state television, having received 50 of 59 votes during a secretive selection process.
The Qom Secretariat of the Assembly of Experts was bombed during the strikes, resulting in the deaths of eight people and the destruction of reports and recommendations regarding the selection of a new supreme leader. Consequently, members had to write their votes on paper before being summoned to a secret room for the selection process.
