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Iran's new supreme leader wounded, likely disfigured, Hegseth says
Defense Secretary Hegseth said over 15,000 Iranian targets have been hit since Feb. 28, with Iran’s new leader reportedly wounded and lacking legitimacy, amid ongoing regional conflict.
- Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been injured and pledged to continue attacks, downplaying the impact of the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Khamenei is wounded and likely disfigured, according to Hegseth during a press conference.
- Khamenei's first public address was a written statement without voice or video, described as showing fear, injury, and lack of legitimacy.
- An Iranian official told Reuters that the new Supreme Leader was lightly injured but continuing to operate.
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The United States and Israel have struck 15,000 targets in Iran since the start of their intervention against the country two weeks ago, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, predicting the highest number of strikes ever for today. Regarding the new Iranian leader, who has not appeared in public since his appointment, he believed he was wounded and probably disfigured.
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Hegseth: Iran's Leader 'Wounded and Likely Disfigured'
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth suggested Friday morning that U.S. forces have mostly destroyed Iran’s leadership and military. “Desperate and hiding, they’ve gone underground, cowering,” Hegseth of Iran’s leaders. “That’s what rats do. We know the new so called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured.” Iranian leadership selected Mojtaba Khamenei to be the country’s new supreme leader after the assassination of his father Ali Khame…
Iran’s New Supreme Leader ‘Likely Disfigured,’ Hiding Underground After War Strikes
by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that Iran’s newly installed supreme leader is likely wounded, disfigured, and hiding underground as the Islamic Republic reels from the opening blows of the war with the United States and Israel. Speaking at a Pentagon press briefing, Hegseth mocked the condition of Mojtaba Khamenei, claiming the country’s leadership has retr…
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