New Delhi, April 7 -- Amid continuing speculation about the whereabouts of Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new Supreme Leader, during the ongoing war with the United States, a new report has claimed that the 56-year-old is unconscious and undergoing treatment for a "severe" medical condition. The Times, citing US-Israeli intelligence assessments, reported that Khamenei is unable to govern the country.

The report said that Khamenei is undergoing treatment in the Iranian city of Qom. This contradicts earlier assessments that Khamenei could have been moved out of Iran, to Russia for treatment after he was injured in the US-Israeli strike on Tehran on 28 February, which killed his father, Ali Khamenei and several other family members.

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