Iranian official TV: New supreme leader has been injured

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As the situation in the Middle East continues to escalate, major changes have suddenly occurred in the core of Iran’s power.

According to Iranian media and multiple sources, the former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei After being killed in an Israeli air strike, his second son Mojtaba Khamenei Has been appointed as Iran’s new supreme leader. At the same time, Iran’s official TV station also revealed in a report that the new leader had been injured during the war.

This news quickly attracted international attention because it meant that Iran completed an extremely rare power transfer during the war.

According to reports, Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is the second son of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. On Sunday, Iran’s 88-member Assembly of Experts announced that he would take over as Iran’s supreme leader.

The decision was controversial.

In Iran’s Shiite religious system, power is usually not passed through family inheritance, so “father-to-son succession” has always been seen as unconventional. In fact, it is generally believed that the elder Khamenei also opposed this seemingly “hereditary” arrangement during his lifetime, because it is easily reminiscent of the Pahlavi dynasty that was overthrown before the 1979 Iranian revolution.

However, in this war, Iran’s top leaders suffered heavy losses, and many key figures were killed in Israeli air strikes. In this case, Mojtaba, who had close ties with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, was eventually pushed to the pinnacle of power.

Iranian state television, when reporting on his inauguration as supreme leader, called it “janbaz”-This word usually means “a person injured in war” in Persian.

The report referred to the current conflict as the “Ramadan War” but did not say when or where he was injured. Iranian media also said that he is proficient in English, has studied psychology, and has done research on modern technology, military science, and security affairs.

butThe new leader has made few public appearances since the outbreak of war.

Many experts on Middle East issues believe that Mojtaba is actually taking on extremely high risks by taking this position.

BBC Persian Channel analyzed: “He may have just taken over the most dangerous job in the world. Both the United States and Israel have stated that the new Supreme Leader of Iran will become a legal assassination target.”

In fact, this figure has always been quite controversial in Iran.

Since the massive protests in Iran in 2009, there have been constant rumors about his possible succession. At that time, some protesters even shouted in the streets: “Mojtaba, we hope you die, you will never become a leader.”

For a long time, he had almost no formal role in politics and rarely appeared in public, but a diplomatic cable once described him as “the real power behind the robes.”

Even as Iran announced its new leader, the war in the Middle East was still expanding rapidly.

On Monday night, Iran launched a new round of attacks in the Gulf region, including BahrainThe worst hit. Bahrain’s interior ministry said an oil refinery on the island of Sitra was attacked by a drone, at least 32 people injuredincluding multiple children.

Meanwhile, Israel continues its air strikes on Iranian energy facilities. The Iranian military has warned that if its oil infrastructure continues to be attacked, it will retaliate against energy facilities throughout the region.

In addition, Iran has also taken actions to interfere withStrait of Hormuzof shipping. The strait is responsible for about one-fifth of the world’s oil transportation. Once blocked, the global energy market will be greatly impacted.

International oil prices have now exceeded $100 per barrelthe first time in recent years.

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