Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Not Being Treated In Russia, Says Official

Last Updated:March 17, 2026, 17:54 IST

Iran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, denied reports that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is receiving medical treatment in Moscow.

Iranian ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali on Tuesday denied media reports that the country’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is receiving medical treatment in Moscow following claims that he was injured in the same US-Israel airstrike last month — on the first day of the war — that killed his father and former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Jalali made the comment while speaking to Russia’s TASS news agency.

The denial comes after Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida claimed over the weekend that the 56-year-old cleric had been severely injured in a US-Israeli airstrike that killed his father, Ali Khamenei, on February 28 and had been moved to Russia for treatment following a personal invitation from President Vladimir Putin.

According to the report, Khamenei was flown to Moscow on a Russian military plane and was undergoing surgery in a private medical facility reportedly located within one of Putin’s residences.

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