Tehran, April 7 -- Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's newly appointed Supreme Leader, is reportedly in a critical condition and undergoing treatment in Qom after being wounded in alleged US-Israeli strikes that killed his father, Ali Khamenei, according to a media report citing a diplomatic memo.

The report said the 56-year-old cleric is unconscious and unable to participate in decision-making, with the document-believed to be based on intelligence shared by American and Israeli agencies with Gulf allies-describing his condition as "severe."

This is the first time the location of Iran's Supreme Leader has been revealed. Qom, situated about 140 kilometres south of Tehran, is regarded as the religious capital of the Islamic republic and holds deep ...