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An Iranian Health Ministry authoritative said connected Monday (May 25, 2026) the injuries suffered by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei successful U.S.-Israeli strikes successful precocious February were lone "superficial", offering a uncommon relationship of the time helium was wounded.
The 56-year-old has not appeared publically since helium was named arsenic Iran's ultimate person connected March 8, issuing lone written statements, fuelling speculation astir his health.
In March, U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Mr. Mojtaba was "believed to beryllium alive, wounded and disfigured". Mr. Mojtaba succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed successful U.S.-Israeli strikes connected February 28 that triggered retaliatory Iranian attacks crossed the region.
On Monday (May 25), Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour described the time Mr. Mojtaba was wounded and his accomplishment astatine a hospital, which helium did not identify.
He said Mr. Mojtaba arrived astatine the infirmary astir 1:00 p.m. Tehran clip connected February 28 and "entered the operating country on with respective different wounded individuals."
"Apart from superficial injuries to the face, caput and legs, which caused neither amputation nor immoderate peculiar aesculapian problem, thing large had happened," Kermanpour told ILNA news agency.
"From my position arsenic a doc these were not considered superior injuries and required nary peculiar procedures isolated from 1 oregon 2 stitches."
He added that Mr. Mojtaba, who was fasting until nightfall during the Muslim beatified period of Ramadan, "refused to interruption his accelerated and kept fasting until iftar, which itself showed his bully health."
Kermanpour said helium was discharged from the infirmary astatine astir 2:00 a.m. connected March 1, but did not accidental wherever helium was moved. On May 7, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said helium had met the person and that their gathering lasted 2 and a fractional hours.
Three days later, Iranian authorities TV said the caput of Iran's subject cardinal command, Ali Abdollahi, met with the ultimate person who gave "new directives and guidance for the continuation of operations to face the enemy."
