'Mojtaba Khamenei Is 90% Gone': Trump's Big Claim As US Strikes Iran Again
US President Donald Trump claimed that recent US-Israeli strikes have decimated Iran's military capabilities and leadership, including the death of Ali Khamenei and the injury of his son, Mojtaba Khamenei. The report also notes the resumption of hostilities and attacks on commercial shipping in the region.
Why it matters
The escalation of conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran poses significant risks to global maritime security and energy supply chains.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran has lost military capabilities and its top commanders in the US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic. He also claimed that Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who had been noticeably missing from his father, the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's, funeral last week, was also "90 per cent gone.""They have no navy, they have no air force, it's all gone. Their anti-aircraft is gone, their leaders have all been killed, their best leaders have been killed," Trump said, speaking in an interview with Fox News. Trump further claimed that Iran's best leaders have been killed in the war. "They're gone.
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