Iran’s new supreme leader reportedly survived the Israeli strike that k!lled his father by taking a walk in the garden just before the blast.
According to leaked audio from a meeting about the Feb. 28 strike on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound, his son, the new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, was in Tehran with his father when he stepped out “to do something,” according to The Telegraph.
The audio also revealed gruesome details about the strike, such as Iran’s military chief being blown to bits, leaving only “a few kilos of flesh” to identify him. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son-in-law was also discovered with his head split in two by the blow.
As soon as Mojtaba was away from his father, Israel’s space-faring Blue Sparrow ballistic missiles hit the compound, k!lling Khamenei and dozens of his senior officers and family members but sparing his successor.
“God’s will was that Mojtaba had to go out to the yard to do something and then return,” Mazaher Hosseini, head of protocol for Khamenei’s office, reportedly told Iranian leaders in a private meeting on March 12.
“He was outside and was heading upstairs when they struck the building with a missile. His wife, Ms. Haddad, was martyred instantly,” Hosseini added.
Hosseini maintained that Mojtaba only suffered “a minor injury to his leg,” echoing recent reports about the new leader’s wounds.
Hosseini also informed Iran’s senior clerics and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders that at least three missiles were used in the strike on Khamenei’s compound.
One of the missiles struck where Khamenei was stationed, with another missile hitting Mojtaba’s home on an upper floor and the home belonging to his brother-in-law, Misbah al-Huda Bagheri Kani, according to the leaked audio.
“The missile was so powerful that it went downstairs where Mr. Misbah was, it went to Mr. Misbah’s room,” Hosseini said. “The missiles were struck in a way that cut his head in half.”