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Hours before Mojtaba Khamenei's 1st statement, reports claimed he was in coma; officials deny

There are several media reports that the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is said to be in a coma after being critically wounded in an air strike.

Sources told The Sun that Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, the second son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, lost at least one leg and suffered serious stomach or liver damage. It was unclear whether he was injured on the same day his 86-year-old father died, February 28, but he was not directing the strategy currently sparking energy market turmoil.

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