Overview
- The New York Times report, published Thursday, says Mojtaba Khamenei is gravely wounded and has handed day-to-day decisions to Revolutionary Guard generals.
- The officials cited said he had three surgeries on a leg and now awaits a prosthetic, plus hand surgery and burns to his face and lips that make speech hard.
- He has not appeared in public since he was named leader, and he communicates only in writing through sealed notes carried by couriers to a secret site.
- An elite team is treating him in seclusion, reportedly including President Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon, and Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, an elite security force, is directing war strategy including a reported Strait of Hormuz blockade, and French outlets echoed the account while officials have not confirmed it on the record.