By Desire Emmanuel
The Israel Defence Forces said they destroyed late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s private plane, while his successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, is reportedly in Moscow for treatment of ‘serious’ injuries.
In a statement on verified X handle on Monday morning, the IDF claimed the plane, which was targeted at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, was used by Ali Khamenei and other senior officials of the regime to ‘advance military purchases and manage communications with the Axis countries through domestic and international flights.’
“The destruction of this plane damages the Iranian terrorist regime’s leadership coordination capabilities with the Axis countries, the process of strengthening military capabilities, and the regime’s ability to rebuild,” the post added.
Meanwhile, new reports have claimed the new supreme leader, Mojtaba, who is the son of the late supreme leader, is in Moscow receiving treatment for injuries sustained during a joint US-Israeli airstrike.
Mojtaba succeeded his father following his assassination on February 28, but a string of reports have said he has been in a coma, with some observers, including President Donald Trump, suggesting he is dead.
Khamenei is apparently unaware both that there is a war on and that he is the country’s new leader.
His injuries have required him to be flown to Russia for an operation ‘personally offered by Putin’, according to Kuwaiti news outlet, Al-Jarida.
The mission to take the new Ayatollah out of the country was intended to be top secret and involved him boarding a Russian military aircraft.
He then headed to one of Putin’s presidential palaces where he reportedly underwent ‘successful’ surgery.
The report remains unconfirmed, but Al-Jarida claimed it received its information from a “high-ranking source close to the new Iranian Supreme Leader.”
Khamenei was reportedly injured early in America’s Operation Epic Fury, the source added, and his injuries could not be treated in Iran while the country is under constant attack from the US and Israel.
It is however unclear whether Mojtaba was injured in the same air strikes which killed his father.
Israel previously vowed to assassinate any Iranian leader picked to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Writing on X on March 4, Israel’s Defence Minister, Israel Katz, said: “Any leader selected by the Iranian terror regime to continue leading the plan for Israel’s destruction, threatening the United States, the free world and countries in the region, and suppressing the Iranian people, will be a certain target for assassination, no matter his name or where he hides.”
