Trump's pal Putin flies Iran's supreme leader to Moscow for war wound surgery: report

Iran's new supreme leader has been secretly evacuated to Moscow for medical treatment, according to reports.

The Kyiv Post reported that Mojtaba Khamenei was taken to Russia for treatment of wounds suffered in the first day of a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation that killed his father and other top leaders in the Islamic Republic, according to a senior source cited by the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida.

“I have heard that he was injured in his legs, hand and arm," Iran’s ambassador to Cyprus, Alireza Salarian, told The Guardian. "I think he is in the hospital because he is injured."

Khamenei reportedly suffered a fractured foot, bruising near his left eye and minor cuts to his face. Tehran did not deny he was wounded but said his condition was considered stable.

“He is wounded, but he is doing well. I don’t know when he will deliver his first speech,” said foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei last week.

Russian President Vladimir Putin personally invited him to Russia for treatment in a March 10 phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and the supreme leader reportedly underwent surgery and is recovering at one of Putin's presidential residences.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he believes Khamenei is alive but "damaged," and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. intelligence services believe he is “wounded and likely disfigured.”