Iran’s ‘gravely injured’ new Supreme Leader is waiting for a prosthetic leg and facial surgery and has clamped down on visitors over fears of a new assassination attempt, report claims

Iran’s paranoid new Supreme Leader is hiding out of fear of assassination while receiving treatment for severe facial burns and a damaged leg, according to a new report.

Mojtaba Khamenei had been in hiding since American and Israeli forces bombed the home of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28.

Since then, access to him has been highly restricted, according to a report published Thursday by The New York Times.

Senior commanders from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and senior government officials reportedly avoided visiting him out of fear that Israeli intelligence could track his movements and use them to locate and target him.

Despite the severity of his injuries, four senior Iranian officials familiar with his condition said he was mentally vigorous and actively engaged.

Ali Khamenei’s successor was seriously injured in the attack, his face and lips so severely burned that he has difficulty speaking. Officials said he would need plastic surgery.

Additionally, the player, who has had 3 surgeries on one of his legs, is currently waiting for a prosthesis. He also had to have surgery and is slowly regaining his function.

Sources said Mojtaba has not posted any video or audio messages since the attack because she did not want to appear vulnerable or weak.

Instead, he communicated through written statements posted on the Internet and broadcast on state television.

Communication with it is tightly controlled and relies on a physical courier network; Handwritten messages are sealed in envelopes and passed along a chain of trusted individuals who travel by car and motorcycle along highways and back roads until they reach their location.

Their responses are then transmitted back via the same method.

It was reported that Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian, who is also a heart surgeon, personally attended his treatment together with the Iranian health minister.

According to reports earlier today, US President Donald Trump claimed that Iran currently has ‘no idea who its leaders are’.

Speaking on MS Now on Thursday, Trump said: ‘They’re all screwed up. They have no idea who their leader is. You know, we actually eliminated three levels of leaders. And even everyone close to him was behind him.’

‘So they’re having a hard time finding who can speak on behalf of the country. ‘They just don’t know.’

While the seriously injured Mojtaba is currently in hiding, a committee of senior officials has reportedly taken charge

At the center of power is a politburo-like structure now known as the Supreme National Security Council, which includes Iran’s top civilian and military officials.

Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf, speaker of parliament and a veteran with strong contacts with all parties, has emerged as the face and chief negotiator of the United States as it tries to reach an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz.

Kalibaf is a former general and national police chief of the Guard and has remained close to the Guard throughout his long political career.

Hard-line members include the Guard’s new chief commander, Ahmad Vahidi, and the council’s new secretary, Mohammed Bagher Zolghadr, who is also a Guard commander.

The council now faces potentially divisive questions about how far to go to reach a deal with the United States, which has demanded that Iran make major concessions to ensure it never develops a nuclear weapon.

Meanwhile, rising tensions have effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes.

Smoke and fire rise from US-Israeli air strike on Tehran

Earlier this week, Trump extended the ceasefire with Iran for a fourth time without setting a deadline but still maintained the American blockade of Iranian ports.

The president said the extension was necessary because Tehran’s government was ‘severely fragmented’.

Trump said the ceasefire would continue until Iran’s leaders and representatives present a “joint proposal” to end the war.

Senior officials have pressed for assurances that Iran will not be attacked again — even risking a reignition of war — because they believe Iran can outlast the pain than the United States and its allies.

Council members speculate that they are confident that Iran now has the upper hand, particularly because its dominance of the Strait of Hormuz allows it to raise fuel prices, thus threatening the global economy and putting political pressure on President Donald Trump at home.

Meanwhile, experts say that whatever the Supreme Leader’s injuries, the new and inexperienced ruler is unlikely to command the overall power his father enjoyed.

While it may seem to represent continuity, it could take years to establish the same level of automatic authority, Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, said last week.

‘Mojtaba will be a single voice, but it will not be decisive,’ he said.

‘He needs to prove himself as a reliable, strong and superior voice. The regime as a whole has to make a decision about where they’re going.’

In Iran’s theocratic system, ultimate power is supposed to rest in the hands of the religious leader, a Shiite Muslim cleric appointed by a parliament of 88 ayatollahs.

While the leader supervises the elected president, he directly commands officials, including the Revolutionary Guard, a powerful political and military force.