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Israel believes Iran's new leader was lightly wounded in attacks, senior official says


Israel believes Iran's new leader was lightly wounded in attacks, senior official says

A photograph shows billboards depicting Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son, Iran's new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, displayed at the entrance to the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sour on March 10, 2026. (Credit: Kawnat Haju/AFP)

Israel's intelligence assessment is that Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was lightly wounded in the Israeli-U.S. joint air war against Iran and that is why he has not been seen in public, a senior Israeli official told Reuters.

Israel's intelligence assessment is that Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was lightly wounded in the Israeli-U.S. joint air war against Iran and that is why he has not been seen in public, a senior Israeli official told Reuters.