Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has suffered severe facial disfigurement, has sent a message of Iran's unity to the United States amid ongoing conflict.
The message comes amid Trump and his aides claiming disagreements among Iranian leaders.
"Due to the strange unity created among compatriots, a fracture has occurred in the enemy. With the practical gratitude of this blessing, cohesion has become even greater and more steel-like, and the enemies will become more wretched and diminished," said Mojtaba in a post on X.
He further added, "The enemy's media operations, by targeting the minds and psyches of the people, intend to undermine national unity and security; may our negligence not allow this sinister intent to come to fruition?."
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Mojtaba has not made a public appearance since he replaced his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli strikes.
Meanwhile, rejecting Trump's claim of a rift in leadership, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said, "In Iran there are no "hardliners" or "moderates". We are all Iranians and revolutionaries."
"With ironclad unity of nation and state and obedience to the Supreme Leader, we will make the aggressor regret it. One God, one nation, one leader, one path; victory for Iran, dearer than life," Pezeshkian added.
According to reports, Majtoba has suffered severe burn injuries to his face and lips and may also need plastic surgery. His leg has also been operated thrice and his arm has also undergone surgery.
In another development, escalating tensions with Iran, Trump has ordered the US military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US has also seized a tanker linked to Iranian oil smuggling in the Indian Ocean.
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