The Israel Defense Forces have “destroyed” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s private plane, while his successor and son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is reportedly receiving treatment in Moscow for “serious” injuries.

In a statement on Monday morning, the IDF claimed the plane, which was targeted at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, was used by Ali Khamenei and other senior regime officials to ‘advance military purchases and manage communications with the Axis countries through domestic and international flights.’

‘The destruction of this plane damages the Iranian terrorist regime’s leadership coordination capabilities with the Axis countries, the process of strengthening military capabilities, and the regime’s ability to rebuild,’ the post added.

New reports have also claimed the late supreme leader’s son, Mojtaba, is in Moscow receiving treatment for injuries sustained during a joint US-Israeli airstrike.

Mojtaba, 56, succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, following his assassination on February 28, but a string of reports have said he has been in a coma.

His injuries have required him to be flown to Russia for an operation ‘personally offered by Putin’, according to Kuwaiti news outlet Al-Jarida.

The mission to sneak the new Ayatollah out of the country was intended to be top secret and involved him boarding a Russian military aircraft.

He then headed to one of Putin’s presidential palaces, where he underwent ‘successful’ surgery.
 

The report remains unconfirmed, but Al-Jarida claims it received its information from a ‘high-ranking source close to the new Iranian Supreme Leader’.

Khamenei was injured early in America’s Operation Epic Fury, the source added, and his injuries could not be treated in Iran while the country is under constant attack from the US and Israel.

It is unclear whether Mojtaba was injured in the same air strikes that killed his 86-year-old father.