Three days after Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his slain father as Iran’s supreme leader, he has not appeared on video or in public nor issued any written statements.
One reason is concern that any communication could reveal his location and put him in danger, according to three Iranian officials speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive subject in Iran.
But another factor is that Khamenei (56), was injured on the opening day of the attack by Israel and the United States, they said.
The three Iranian officials said they were told by more senior figures in the government over the past two
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