- Initial reports claimed Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, sustained life-altering injuries, including to his kneecap and back, during US-Israeli attacks on February 28 that killed his father.
- According to four senior Iranian officials, Khamenei was gravely wounded, requiring plastic surgery on his face, multiple leg operations, and a prosthetic leg, with one hand gradually regaining function.
- The Iranian regime, through Fars News agency, denied these claims, stating Khamenei is in 'full health' and only suffered a 'small scratch behind the ear'.
- Mazaher Hosseini, director general of protocol, dismissed the injury reports as 'enemy rumors' and stated Khamenei would speak publicly 'when the time is right'.
- Khamenei reportedly narrowly escaped death during the February 28 strikes, with his wife martyred instantly, and has since been reportedly met by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and military head Ali Abdollahi.
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