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Iran's Supreme Leader Wounded, Likely Disfigured Says Hegseth (Full Presser)
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35:06Now PlayingDefense 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 Trump had 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 $100 a barrel with the vital Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, and US gas pump prices have continued to rise in turn.
On Thursday, Khamenei threatened to open “other fronts” in the conflict in his first public comments since assuming his role. US Central Command has assigned investigators to look into an attack on an all-girls elementary school in Iran that killed about 180 people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
“The command investigation will take as long as necessary to address all the matters surrounding this incident,” Hegseth told a press conference Friday.
“There is only one entity in this conflict between us and Iran that never targets civilians, literally never targets civilians,” Hegseth said. “We are not going to let reporting lead us or force our hand into indicating what happened in a particular situation because the truth matters.”
The strike on the school took place on the first day of the conflict. The New York Times reported this week that an ongoing military investigation had determined that the US was responsible for the Tomahawk missile strike on the school.
Last week, President Donald Trump said Iran is responsible for the strike.
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