Overview
- Mojtaba Khamenei was officially installed last week, but his first message was read on state TV without any video or audio of him, fueling questions about his condition.
- The State Department offered up to $10 million for information on Mojtaba’s location and on nine other senior Iranian figures.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the new leader is wounded and likely disfigured, while Iran’s foreign minister insisted he is in full health and fully in control.
- Kuwaiti outlet Al-Jarida reported he was secretly flown to Moscow for leg surgery offered by Vladimir Putin, a claim that remains unverified.
- CBS News reported that the White House believes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is directing operations as the war with the U.S. and Israel continues.