'Lost one leg': Iran's new leader Mojtaba Khamenei secretly flown to Russia for surgery, says report - WION

Iran’s newly‑emerging power broker, Mojtaba Khamenei, was reportedly whisked to Russia for emergency surgery after losing a leg, a move kept hidden from the public. U.S. intelligence notes that his father, the late supreme leader, had long feared a dynastic hand‑over, while former President Trump is already questioning the leader’s very existence. The episode exposes a fragile succession and hints at Moscow’s growing leverage in Tehran’s elite circles.