<p>Iran’s foreign minister has rejected speculation about the health of the country’s new Supreme Leader, saying there are no issues with his condition. The remarks followed claims by a senior US official earlier this week suggesting the cleric had been injured.</p> <p>Speaking in an interview with MS Now on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said there was “no problem” with Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.</p> <h2><strong>US Defence Secretary Claims Leader Was ‘Wounded’</strong></h2> <p>The comments came after Pete Hegseth, the United States defence secretary, said on Friday that Iran’s new Supreme Leader was “wounded and likely disfigured,” a day after the cleric issued a written statement vowing to continue the war.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecWar</a>: “We know the new, so-called (not so) Supreme Leader is wounded — and likely disfigured.” <a href="https://t.co/3LtUBVimjp">pic.twitter.com/3LtUBVimjp</a></p> — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2032430761849028847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2026</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p>Speaking on Friday, Hegseth said, “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.”</p> <p>“Iran has plenty of cameras and plenty of voice recorders. Why a written statement? I think you know why. His father's dead. He's scared. He's injured. He's on the run. And he lacks legitimacy. It's a mess for them. Who's in charge? Iran may not even know,” the war secretary added.</p> <h2><strong>Hegseth Criticises Iranian Leadership</strong></h2> <p>Hegseth also criticised the message issued by the Iranian leader.</p> <p>“He called for unity. Apparently, killing tens of thousands of protesters is his kind of unity.”</p> <p>Expanding on his remarks, the defence secretary said the Iranian leadership views the United States and Israel as acting together against it.</p> <p>“Looking up, the IRGC and Iranian regime see only two things on the side of the aircraft: the Stars and Stripes and the Star of David,” he said, calling it “the evil regime’s worst nightmare.”</p> <h2><strong>Tensions Continue Across Region</strong></h2> <p>Amid the escalating conflict, several senior Iranian officials joined a pro-government rally in Tehran, marching alongside demonstrators holding banners reading “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”</p> <p>As the United States intensified its bombing campaign, Iran launched a fresh wave of drone and missile attacks targeting Israel and neighbouring Gulf states.</p> <p>The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon also continued. The Lebanese health ministry said an Israeli strike on a primary healthcare centre in southern Lebanon killed at least 12 medical personnel on Friday.</p> <p>According to Lebanese authorities, at least 773 people have been killed in Israeli attacks aimed at targeting Hezbollah.</p>
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