Iran's New Leader Secretly in Moscow for Surgery

0:00On March 15th, reports from Kuwaiti media say Iran's new supreme leader, Mochetaba Kamanai, 56 years old, has been secretly flown to Moscow for emergency leg surgery. He took over after his father, Ayatollah Ali Kamanai, was assassinated on February 28th amid escalating conflict. The trip came after he was badly hurt early in America's Operation Epic Fury, with claims he suffered severe wounds like loss limbs and internal. Damage, putting him in a coma. Russian President Putin reportedly offered the operation personally, and it happened at one of his presidential palaces using a military plane for secrecy. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Heggsef confirmed he believes the new leader is wounded and possibly disfigured. Iranian officials admit he's injured but share no details, while commanders say they haven't gotten direct orders from him. In his first public word, a statement read on state TV vows revenge against the United States and Israel for the attacks. It calls for closing American bases in the region, better ties with neighbors, and hints at help from Iranian allies in Iraq and Yemen.

1:07With Kamanai out of sight for weeks, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders are now steering the country and vowing to keep fighting.