Mojtaba Pulled From Rubble After Surviving 2nd US Strike: Cleric's Big Claim
An Iranian cleric claims that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Supreme Leader, survived two separate assassination attempts during the recent conflict. Reports suggest he was rescued from the rubble of a bombed hospital before disappearing from public view.
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The survival and current status of a potential successor to the Iranian leadership are critical factors in the ongoing geopolitical instability in the Middle East.
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei survived US strikes not once but twice since the American and Israeli forces launched a war against the Islamic Republic. The 56-year-old cleric was rushed to a hospital in Tehran after the February 28 strikes that killed his father, only to be "pulled from the rubble" again when the US bombed the medical centre where he was admitted, an Iranian cleric said in an interview with Qatari television this week.Mojtaba Khamenei was rushed to a Tehran hospital after the February strikes targeting his father nearly killed him, only to be "pulled from the rubble" again after the United States and Israel bombed the medical centre, an Iranian cleric revealed in an interview with Qatari television this week.In the days following the strikes that obliterated the compound of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, where the 86-year-old supreme leader was killed with several of his aides and…
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