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Iran's foreign minister says there is no problem with supreme leader

AL-Monitor
Mar 14, 2026
A picture of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is displayed on a screen in Tehran, March 9. Majid Asgaripour/WANA
A picture of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is displayed on a screen in Tehran, March 9. Majid Asgaripour/WANA — Majid Asgaripour

March 14 (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told MS Now in an interview on Saturday that there is no problem with Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed on Friday that he was wounded and likely disfigured.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Toronto;)