Hegseth Says Khamenei ‘Wounded,’ ‘Likely Disfigured’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been wounded as part of the US and Israeli campaign against the country.

“We know the new so-called, not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured,” Hegseth told a press conference. He said the US was “on plan to defeat, destroy, disable all of their meaningful military capabilities at a pace the world has never seen before.”

President Donald Trumphad earlier told Fox News in an interview that Khamenei was “damaged” and that “he’s probably alive in some form.”

The Iran war has sent oil prices up to about ...