Mojtaba Khamenei awaiting prosthetic leg after strike, suffered severe facial burns

Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was seriously wounded in the U.S.-Israeli airstrike that killed his father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei, but he is “mentally sharp”, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Thursday (April 23, 2026).

Citing several Iranian officials, which it did not name, the Times said Mojtaba Khamenei had “at least for now” delegated decision-making to generals in the Revolutionary Guards’ ideological Army.

Published - April 24, 2026 10:06 am IST