Iran’s new supreme leader survived the Israeli strike that killed his father because he stepped outside the compound for a walk in the garden minutes before the blast, according to a new report.
Leaked audio from a meeting about the Feb. 28 strike on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound revealed that his son, the new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, was with his father in Tehran when he stepped out “to do something,” The Telegraph reported.
The audio also revealed geusome details about the strike — with Iran’s military chief blown to bits so that all that was left to identify him was “a few kilos of flesh.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son-in-law was also found with his head split in two from the blow.
As soon as Mojtaba was away from his father, Israel’s space-faring Blue Sparrow ballistic missiles hit the compound, killing Khamenei and dozens of his senior officers and family members — but sparing his successor.
“God’s will was that Mojtaba had to go out to the yard to do something and then return,” Mazaher Hosseini, head of protocol for Khamenei’s office, reportedly told Iranian leaders in a private meeting on March 12.
“He was outside and was heading upstairs when they struck the building with a missile. His wife, Ms Haddad, was martyred instantly,” Hosseini added.
Hosseini maintained that Mojtaba only suffered “a minor injury to his leg,” echoing recent reports about the new leader’s wounds.
Hosseini also informed Iran’s senior clerics and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders that at least three missiles were used in the strike on Khamenei’s compound.
One of the missiles struck where Khamenei was stationed, with another missile hitting Mojtaba’s home on an upper floor and the home belonging to his brother-in-law Misbah al-Huda Bagheri Kani, according to the leaked audio.
“The missile was so powerful that it went downstairs where Mr Misbah was, it went to Mr Misbah’s room,” Hosseini said. “The missiles were struck in a way that cut his head in half.”
Hosseini noted that Mostafa Khamenei, Khamenei’s eldest son, survived the attack with his wife, coming out of the destruction “unharmed.”
The official also mentioned the state in which the body of Iran military chief Mohammad Shirazi was found after he was killed in the strike.
“He was blown to pieces – they could find nothing from him, and at the end they found a few kilos of flesh and identified it as his body,” Hosseini said, according to the leaked audio.
The leaked audio surfaced amid speculations over Mojtaba’s condition, with the supreme leader nowhere to be seen since the start of the war.
As rumors suggest that Mojtaba is far more injured than what is being presented by the state, President Trump speculated that the new leader may not even be alive.
“A lot of people are saying that he’s badly disfigured. They’re saying that he lost his leg, one leg, and he’s been hurt very badly. Other people are saying he’s dead,” Trump told reporters on Monday.
“We haven’t seen” him “at all,” Trump said, adding that US officials don’t know “if he’s dead or not. Nobody’s seen him, which is unusual.”
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