Iran's Wounded Supreme Leader Remains Unseen Six Months Into Existential War
Officials say the wounded leader is still making final decisions as the Revolutionary Guards gain influence and Iran’s economy weakens under war costs.
- Six months after war began and propelled Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of Iran's supreme leader, he remains entirely unseen and unheard by Iranians, creating a vacuum at the heart of the country's leadership.
- Wounded in the February 28 air strikes that killed his father, Mojtaba reportedly suffers from facial disfigurement and has long preferred a backroom role, avoiding public attention as his father's aide.
- "We need to hear our leader's voice, or see any sign that he is there," said a member of the Basij volunteer militia in Qom, noting that the lack of photographs is damaging morale even among hardline supporters.
- "His prolonged absence has created a dangerous situation in which rival factions can all claim to know what the leader really wants," said Alex Vatanka of the Middle East Institute, complicating decisions regarding the United States.
- The Revolutionary Guards remain central to strategic thinking as Iran's economy buckles under the war's cost, despite President Masoud Pezeshkian claiming he has held meetings with the leader.
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MichaelSavage.com – Iran’s Disfigured Supreme Leader Remains Unseen 6 Months Into War
Six months after the airstrikes that began the war and propelled a badly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of Iran's supreme leader, he remains entirely unseen and unheard by Iranians — a vacuum at the heart of his country's leadership. Questions over his condition and role are growing increasingly fraught, with Iran facing critical…
Six months after the United States and Israel air strikes that started the war and took a seriously wounded Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's supreme leader, he continues to be unseen or unheard of by Iranians — an emptiness at the center of his country's leadership. Also read: Full Iran War 6 months, reconfigures the Middle East and threatens US influence Mediators of the war with Iran seek negotiations for the reopening of Ormuz Chancellor of Iran sa…
Since the death of his father Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei has been at the head of Iran. Since the beginning of the war there have been neither pictures nor videos of him.
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KAYHAN LIFEIran's disfigured supreme leader remains invisible six months into an existential war
Six months after the airstrikes that began the war and propelled a badly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of Iran's supreme leader, he remains entirely unseen and unheard by Iranians
Iran’s disfigured supreme leader still invisible six months into existential war
Six months after the airstrikes that began the war and propelled a badly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of Iran’s supreme leader, he remains entirely unseen and unheard by Iranians — a vacuum at the heart of his country’s leadership
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