Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah’s office in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 1, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Handout via Reuters
Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, sustained injuries in the opening hours of the joint U.S.–Israeli military operations against Iran, according to Israeli assessments.
A senior Israeli security official told Epoch Magazine in Israel that Israel had received indications Mojtaba Khamenei—the son of the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—sustained injuries to his leg during strikes targeting his father’s bunker. The younger Khamenei was injured the same day his father was killed.
