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Lack of public appearances prompted speculation about new leader’s mortality after multiple family members died

The confirmation that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was injured in the first wave of Israeli attacks underlines how desperate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (ICRG) was to ensure their wounded choice was elevated to high office, and how confident it is that the wartime machinery can operate almost on automatic pilot without him.

The full scale of Khamenei’s injuries and speed of his recovery remain unclear, but a broken leg and facial injuries are the minimum. It is not a medical bulletin on which the authorities are seeking to dwell, although Ali Larijani, the secretary of the supreme national security council, chose his words carefully in saying “his condition has not been reported as critical”, a phrasing that suggests he has not personally seen him.

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[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I don't believe virtually any country is incapable of running after their leader is assassinated.

Even Venezuela is still running to some capacity. They're only capitulating because its far easier for America to destroy them than it is Iran.

Literally no thought went into this war outside of Trump and Netanyahu's sadistic desire to kill.