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Iran's new supreme leader 'lightly injured' but still active, Iranian official tells Reuters

AL-Monitor
Mar 11, 2026
FILE PHOTO: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a rally in Tehran, Iran, May 31, 2019. Hamid Forootan/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a rally in Tehran, Iran, May 31, 2019. Hamid Forootan/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo — Hamid Forootan

DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Newly-appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly injured but is continuing to operate, an Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday.

The official did not give details about when he was injured or why he had not made any statement to the public since being appointed the new leader.

(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi, Writing by Dubai Newsroom, Editing by Andrew Heavens)