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Hegseth says Iran's new supreme leader is wounded and missile launches are down 90%

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Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States

At a Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. and Israeli forces had struck more than 15,000 targets, Iran's missile launches fell 90% and drone launches 95% on Thursday, and Mojtaba Khamenei was 'wounded and likely disfigured.' He gave no evidence for the leader's condition and said Friday would bring the highest volume of U.S. strikes yet.

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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed the account of Khamenei's health the next day, but the new leader had still not been seen in public, leaving open who is directing Iran's war.

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