'Comatose' Mojtaba Khamenei 'is UNAWARE there is a war on and has no idea he is supreme leader', report says - despite regime issuing his 'first statement'
Middle East,Iran,Ayatollah Khamenei,Tehran
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Iran's new Supreme Leader is unaware of the ongoing war in the Middle East and does not know he is the Islamic Republic's new leader, according to a new report.
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, succeeded his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following his assassination on February 28.
He is reportedly in a coma at the Sina University Hospital in Tehran following an airstrike, according to a source in Tehran.
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