By Adam Plowright, AFP
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Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not spoken or been seen in public since his appointment at the weekend, is injured but "safe", officials said Wednesday (all times local).
"I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections," the Iranian president's son, Yousef Pezeshkian, wrote in a post on his Telegram channel.
"They told me that, thank God, he is safe and sound," added Pezeshkian, who is a government advisor.
Khamenei was named Iran's supreme leader on Sunday to replace his father Ali who wa
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