Iran’s injured new leader ‘flown to MOSCOW for leg surgery’ after Putin ‘personally offered help’ as death rumours swirl

IRAN’s new supreme tyrant has reportedly been flown to Moscow for leg surgery “personally offered by Putin” after suffering serious injuries during airstrikes.

It comes as rumours swirl that Mojtaba Khamenei could be dead – the leader has not been seen since his appointment.

Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported that the son of the slaughtered Ayatollah had been snuck out of Iran for a top secret surgery.

The paper said that the evacuation took place under the strictest secrecy, and that the new Iranian leader was flown to Moscow on a Russian military aircraft.

Khamenei then reportedly underwent a “successful” operation in one of Putin’s presidential palaces.

Putin is said to have personally invited the new supreme tyrant for treatment in one of his presidential palaces according to AFP.

The report is unconfirmed, but Al-Jarida said its information came from a “high-ranking source close to the new Iranian Supreme Leader”.

Khamenei was injured in one of the first blasts of operation Epic Fury, the source claimed.

His injuries needed a well-equipped and specialist hospital, which was impossible as Iran continues to be blitzed by the US and Israel.

Putin reportedly proposed treating the new dictator in a call on Thursday with Khamenei transferred to Russia that evening.

It comes after The Sun reported that the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was put in charge despite being critically wounded in an air strike.

Sources told The Sun the 56-year-old son of assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lost at least one leg and has also suffered serious stomach or liver damage.

It was unclear whether he was injured on the same day his 86-year-old father died, but he is not directing the strategy currently sparking energy market turmoil.

In a bizarre attempt to cover up their stricken Ayatollah, Iranian state TV broadcast what it claims to be his first statement since coming into power.

The statement – read out by a news anchor – said Iran will not hesitate to “avenge the blood of Iranians” who have been killed as it vowed to continue attacks on Dubai and block off the vital Strait of Hormuz.

A Sun source in Iranian capital Tehran last week said the new Ayatollah was in intensive care at the Sina University Hospital.

The source – who asked not to be identified fearing for his life – managed to dodge Iran’s near total internet blackout to send messages to an exiled dissident based in London.

He is not a medic but knows members of the hospital’s trauma team who told him Mojtaba was in “very serious” condition under the care of Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi.

He said: “One or two of his legs have been cut off. His liver or stomach has also ruptured. He is apparently in a coma as well.”

Our source’s detailed revelations are impossible to verify under Iran’s current internet blackout but Mojtaba’s status among Iran’s thousands of war wounded has already been confirmed.

Iranian state TV now openly refers to the late ayatollah’s silent successor as “Jaanbaz of Ramadan” – wounded war veteran.

And the rogue nation’s continuing attacks on neighbouring states – which have sent oil and gas prices soaring – supports theories that Iran is now being run by a “Ghost Ayatollah.”

Iran has also been blasted for using AI to edit images of new supreme leader.

Trump did little to play down rumours that Khamenei was killed in an airstrike, claiming “Iran wants to make a deal”.

He said: “I don’t know if he’s even alive.