Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ridiculed Iran’s leadership Friday — claiming the theocracy’s “rat”-like executives had “gone underground” and that new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “likely disfigured.”
“Iran’s leadership is in no better shape, desperate and hiding. They’ve gone underground, cowering. That’s what rats do,” Hegseth jeered at a press conference.
“We know the new so-called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured,” he added.
The Secretary of War zeroed in on how Khamenei, 56, failed to appear in the flesh when his first statement since being appointed as supreme leader was read out on Iranian state TV Thursday.
“He put our statement yesterday — a weak one, actually — but there was no voice and there was no video. It was a written statement,” Hegseth said.
“Iran has plenty of cameras and plenty of voice recorders. Why a written statement? I think you know why?” he continued.
“His father dead, he’s scared, he’s injured, he’s on the run and he lacks legitimacy. It’s a mess for them. Who’s in charge?”
Although Hegseth claimed Iran’s leaders are underground, videos posted online Friday showed many top leaders marching in Tehran for Quds Day, an annual pro-Palestinian event — including President Masoud Pezeshkian, foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, national security adviser Ali Larijani and Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, according to Israeli, Turkish and Arab news outlets.
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