Iran's supreme leader severely disfigured by US strikes: report

Iran's caller ultimate person Mojtaba Khamenei is severely disfigured aft suffering limb and look injuries arsenic a effect of associated U.S.-Israel airstrikes connected Tehran successful February, Reuters reported Saturday.

Khamenei is recovering aft incurring the injuries successful the February 28 airstrikes that killed his father, erstwhile ultimate person Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei. He has not been seen publically since being hospitalized.

Despite the injuries, Khamenei allegedly remains "mentally sharp," Reuters reported, citing a trio of anonymous sources wrong his interior circle. The caller ultimate person is successful connection with the Iranian delegation successful Pakistan for bid talks with a U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance.

The Reuters study corroborates an earlier connection from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who told reporters connected March 13 that Khamenei was "likely disfigured."

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Vice President JD Vance walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir, Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Natalie A. Baker, and Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi aft arriving for talks with Iranian officials successful Islamabad, Pakistan, connected April 11, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/Reuters)

He past reiterated the assertion successful a Thursday property league portion outlining the U.S. military's achievements successful Iran.

"Their apical enactment was systematically eliminated, their erstwhile Iranian ultimate person dead, the ultimate nationalist information assembly caput dead, the ultimate person bureau advisor dead, the ultimate person subject bureau main dead, the defence curate nary longer with us, the IRGC commandant dead, the equipped forces wide unit commandant dead, the quality curate dead, the IRGC navy commandant nary longer here, the IRGC Intel main dead," Hegseth listed.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a property briefing astatine the Pentagon successful Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

"I skipped implicit a bunch, and I could spell connected and connected and on, to see the caller — alleged caller ultimate leader, wounded and disfigured. This caller authorities was retired of options and retired of time, truthful they chopped a deal."

NEW IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER 'LIKELY DISFIGURED,' HEGSETH SAYS

Mojtaba Khamenei, the caller ultimate person of Iran and 2nd lad of the precocious Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a gathering successful Tehran, Iran, connected Oct. 13, 2024. (Hamed Jafarnejad/ISNA/WANA/Reuters)

Despite his weakened condition, Khamenei vowed to enactment up absorption successful a defiant written connection Thursday.

"Iran is not seeking warfare but volition not forfeit its rights and considers each absorption fronts arsenic a unified entity," the connection read.

Hegseth dismissed the connection arsenic "weak" successful his March property conference.

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"It was a written statement. Iran has plentifulness of cameras and plentifulness of dependable recorders. Why a written statement?" Hegseth asked. "I deliberation you cognize why. His father, dead. He's scared, he's injured, he's connected the tally and helium lacks legitimacy. It's a messiness for them. Who's successful charge? Iran whitethorn not adjacent know."

Sources reportedly told Reuters that Khamenei could participate the nationalist spotlight successful a period oregon two, but lone if "his wellness and the information concern allowed.

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While galore publically question wherever and erstwhile we whitethorn spot the ultimate person again, Iranian hardliners accent the value of him keeping a low-profile.

"Why should helium ​appear successful public? To go a people for these criminals?" an Iranian militiaman asked Reuters successful a substance message.