The mystery deepens around Mojtaba Khamenei: from health to sexual orientation, all the uncontrolled rumors about the new leader.

The mystery surrounding the figure of Mojtaba Khamenei deepens. The new Supreme Leader of Iran is said to have been secretly transported to Moscow on a Russian military plane after being injured in the February 28 attack in which his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, lost his life. In the Russian capital, he was reportedly successfully subjected to a surgical operation.

The news was reported by the Kuwaiti media Al-Jarida, the same outlet that had disseminated information about his injury. However, the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, did not comment on the version, which is difficult to verify given the disinformation campaign that now surrounds the new Iranian leader, who is the subject of uncontrolled rumors: "He is dead", "he is in critical condition", "he did not write his inauguration speech", "he has suffered from fertility issues", and even "Trump laughed when intelligence told him he is gay".

According to Al-Jarida, it was President Vladimir Putin who offered to have Khamenei treated in Moscow during a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Khamenei is now reportedly recovering in a highly secure medical facility, within one of the presidential residences. The reason for the transport, in addition to the need to find better medical resources, was also the desire to protect him from American and Israeli raids against the medical facilities where he could have been hospitalized.

According to the Telegraph, however, the new Supreme Leader of Iran survived U.S. and Israeli airstrikes because he had stepped out for a walk in the garden just minutes before his home was hit by missiles.

An audio recording leaked and obtained by the Telegraph reveals that Mojtaba Khamenei was targeted in the same attack that killed his father and other members of the leadership of the Islamic Republic. However, he had stepped out "to do something" just moments before the Israeli ballistic missiles Blue Sparrow struck his residence at 9:32 local time on February 28.

For those who have doubts about the health of Mojtaba Khamenei, the Supreme Leader has not appeared in public for 16 days, which has fueled an uncontrollable whirlwind of speculation about his condition, ranging from reports of his death to claims that he was injured but not seriously. However, the private life of the new Supreme Leader has also been the subject of unverified rumors: while news had recently emerged that Khamenei had undergone treatments for infertility in the past, the New York Post now reports on Donald Trump's laughter upon learning of intelligence information suggesting he is gay. This is one reason why his father Ali may not have deemed him suitable for the role of Supreme Leader.

However, according to Tehran, Mojtaba, despite being injured, is actively at work: he has just appointed Mohsen Rezaei (a member of the Council for the Safeguarding of the Regime's Interests and former commander of the Revolutionary Guards) as his military commander. Furthermore, he has ordered that the officials appointed by his father remain in office. But his voice and face continue to be hidden behind a veil of fog. So much so that the very authenticity of the belligerent message with which he presented himself to his country and the world is being questioned. According to Al-Jarida, the words read by the announcer of the Iranian state television were written by Ali Larijani using the same words that the powerful secretary general of the Supreme National Security Council had already used in other statements. According to this version, Khamenei was not even informed of the speech.