ALBAWABA - Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei, was appointed as the new Supreme Leader of Iran after his father's death in an attack by the United States and Israel on Feb. 28.
However, new reports confirmed that Mojtaba Khamenei was injured during the same strike that killed his father, and that's why he hasn't made any public appearance since his appointment on Sunday.
Mojtaba, the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is 'safe and sound' despite war injuries, the Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian's son confirmed.
"I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections. They told me that, thank God, he is safe and sound," Yousef Pezeshkian, a government adviser, said via Telegram.
The 'cardboard leader': Mojtaba Khamenei is heavily mocked
During a ceremony to celebrate Mojtaba's appointment as the new supreme leader of Iran, Khamenei was unable to attend, so people replaced him with a cardboard cutout, leading to a huge sarcasm on social media.
After the video went viral from the ceremony, Mojtaba Khamenei was nicknamed the "cardboard leader" by the official page of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Persian.
Israel Persian wrote, "Cardboard Leader, the Big-Mouth of the Region."
One commented, "The new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Regime, Mojatba Khamenei, failed to attend his own 'allegiance ceremony' and sent a cardboard cutout instead. Is Mojatba even alive?"
