Iran's new leader 'safe and sound'

THE Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “safe and sound” despite reported injuries, the son of Iran’s president said on Telegram.

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EMERGENCY personnel and residents gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in Beirut's Aisha Bakkar neighbourhood yesterday. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of the Iranian supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes. Israel, which kept up strikes targeting Hezbollah despite a 2024 ceasefire, has since launched attacks across Lebanon and sent ground troops into border areas. I AFP

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“I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections. They told me that, thank God, he is safe and sound,’ said Yousef Pezeshkian, who is also a government adviser.

State television had called Khamenei a “wounded veteran of the Ramadan war” but never specified his injury.

An unknown projectile hit a cargo ship in the strategic Strait of Hormuz abutting Iran, causing a fire and forcing the crew to evacuate, a maritime security agency said.