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Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded and likely disfigured, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ‌said on Friday, questioning Khamenei's ability to govern after nearly two weeks of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
No images have been released of Khamenei since an Israeli strike at the start of the war that killed much of his family, including his father and wife.His first comments came in a statement read by a television presenter on Thursday. ​In the statement, he vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut and called on neighboring countries to close U.S. bases on ​their territory or risk Iran targeting them.We know the new so-called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put ⁠out a statement yesterday. A weak one, actually, but there was no voice and there was no video. It was a written statement," Hegseth ​told a briefing.

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00:00Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded and likely disfigured, U.S. Defense
00:05Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, questioning Khamenei's ability to govern after nearly
00:12two weeks of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. No images have been released of Khamenei since
00:18an Israeli strike at the start of the war that killed much of his family, including
00:23his father and wife. His first comments came in a statement read by a television presenter
00:29on Thursday. In the statement, he vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut and called on
00:35neighboring countries to close U.S. bases on their territory or risk Iran targeting them.
00:41We know the new so-called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put out
00:48a statement yesterday. A weak one, actually, but there was no voice and there was no video.
00:53It was a written statement, Hegseth told a briefing.
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