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Iran's new Supreme Leader 'is wounded': Ayatollah Khamenei's son sustained mystery injury, claims state TV
UK Mail ^ | Published: 05:36 EDT, 9 March 2026 | ADAM POGRUND, REPORTER

Posted on 03/09/2026 5:00:34 AM PDT by dennisw

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son has been wounded in the Iran war, it emerged today after he was named as the country's new Supreme Leader.

Mojtaba, 56, the second son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was announced as his successor on Sunday after being appointed by the regime's 88-person assembly - despite previous opposition from his father.

The 'vengeful' hardline cleric is already marked for assassination by Israel after it vowed to 'eliminate' whoever succeeded the slain Ayatollah, having killed him and Mojtaba's wife Zahra Haddad-Adel in strikes on the first day of the conflict.

In one report on his ascension to Supreme Leader on Iranian state TV, it refers to him as being wounded in the war.

The anchor describes him as 'janbaz', or wounded by the enemy, in the 'Ramadan war,' which is how media in Iran refer to the current conflict.

It does not elaborate on how he was injured, although his wife and father were killed in Israeli strikes on Tehran.

An analyst on air later suggested Khamenei's wounding could have been during his service in the 1980s Iran-Iraq war, although the differing accounts could not be immediately reconciled.

The report also claimed that Mojtaba, who has not been seen in public since the beginning of the war, is fluent in English, and has completed psychology courses.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Iran; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: adampogrund; iran; irgc; mojtabakhamenei; twelver; twelvers; waronterror; zahrahaddadadel
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1 posted on 03/09/2026 5:00:34 AM PDT by dennisw
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Injured? Probably a lie, to enhance his heroic resume. As the Ayatollah who Trump could not kill.


2 posted on 03/09/2026 5:03:31 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity / )
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They still don’t get it.
Israel is done having Iran being run by terrorists.


3 posted on 03/09/2026 5:07:17 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: dennisw

Jim? Is he dead?


4 posted on 03/09/2026 5:13:12 AM PDT by zeebee
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
He'll live long enough to spit more bile and injure more random victims.

5 posted on 03/09/2026 5:22:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: dennisw

He’s dead. Whether it’s from external sources or internal disagreement between competing power bases is anybodys guess.

CC


6 posted on 03/09/2026 5:28:31 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: dennisw

He’s dead Jim


7 posted on 03/09/2026 5:29:47 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Vaduz

This sounds like a a “Limited Hangout”.

CC


8 posted on 03/09/2026 5:32:54 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: dennisw

“Mojtaba...is fluent in English, and has completed psychology courses.”

Oh, psychology classes—who knew they were the secret sauce for ascending to god-emperor status?


9 posted on 03/09/2026 5:40:10 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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“Oh, psychology classes—who knew they were the secret sauce for ascending to god-emperor status?”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Probably from The Learing Center


10 posted on 03/09/2026 5:45:50 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: dennisw

When does the US sieze all $100M in real estate assets in England. Auction them off and give the funds to the dead and wounded US service members and families.


11 posted on 03/09/2026 5:46:33 AM PDT by shotgun
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“Israel is done having Iran being run by terrorists.”

Israel isn’t alone. Pretty sure China and Russia are likely the only ones who want Iran the way it’s been the last 47 years. Maybe add the NorKs. It’s painfully obvious to the most casual observer that Trump and Netanyahu are convinced any kind of appeasement is counterproductive.


12 posted on 03/09/2026 5:51:44 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: dennisw

Injured? Did the goat back up.


13 posted on 03/09/2026 5:52:09 AM PDT by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: dennisw
6,336.

That's the current requirement of virgins for the "Supreme Counci" of Mullahs. There's a backlog in the onboarding process.

14 posted on 03/09/2026 5:54:29 AM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: dennisw

Probably was hurt. Multiple accounts and sources say this. Some thought him dead.


15 posted on 03/09/2026 5:58:08 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: dennisw

Wounded....so he most likely is in a hospital. They probably think he’ll be safe there.


16 posted on 03/09/2026 5:59:07 AM PDT by Ben Dover (Terrorism is a cancer that can only be cured with massive doses of radiation.)
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To: dennisw

missilitis hard to cure


17 posted on 03/09/2026 5:59:44 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: SunkenCiv

FTA “ A ‘river of fire’ engulfed Tehran following heavy Israeli shelling on the city overnight on Sunday.”

Shelling?

Badly written article or are they claiming Israel has artillery hitting Iran?


18 posted on 03/09/2026 6:00:07 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: dennisw
An analyst on air later suggested Khamenei's wounding could have been during his service in the 1980s Iran-Iraq war, although the differing accounts could not be immediately reconciled.

Great reporting there.

19 posted on 03/09/2026 6:00:34 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: shotgun

“When does the US sieze all $100M in real estate assets in England.”

The UK Daily Mail said this Moujtaba pos has this much squirreled away in the UK. Plus he has had two long UK visits to see the UK penis docs. Erectile dystopian.


20 posted on 03/09/2026 6:01:21 AM PDT by dennisw (There is no limit to human stupidity / )
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