War in Iran: the wounds of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei are "superficial"assures a government spokesperson

• The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Health said this Monday that Supreme Guide Mojtaba Khamenei’s injuries are only “superficial”.
• They were caused by Israeli-American strikes at the start of the conflict.
• This is the first time that the Iranian authorities have communicated in such detail on this subject since the start of the war.

An unusual speech. An Iranian official described Monday May 25 as “superficial” the injuries inflicted on Supreme Guide Mojtaba Khamenei during American-Israeli strikes at the start of the war, a rare comment from power on the health of its leader.

Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father Ali Khamenei at 56, killed in a strike on the first day of the conflict on February 28, has not appeared since his appointment on March 8, contenting himself with publishing written statements. Even if the American Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had affirmed on April 13 that he was “blessé et probablement défiguré”the spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Health, Hossein Kermanpour, contradicts this thesis.

“No special operation was necessary”

The latter claims that Mojtaba Khamenei was admitted to a hospital on February 28 at 1 p.m. local time and placed “in an operating room, alongside several other injured people”. “Apart from superficial injuries to the face, head and legs, which did not require amputation or cause complications, there was nothing major”added the spokesperson this Monday, quoted by the Ilna press agency, close to power.

“As a doctor, I think that these were not serious injuries, no special operation was necessary, apart from one or two stitches,” he adds. According to Kermanpour, the fact that Mojtaba Khamenei continued her fast during the month of Ramadan “showed his good state of health”. According to him, he was able to leave the hospital on March 1st.

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