Mojtaba Khamenei cheated death by seconds in strike that killed father: Report
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According to a report by The Telegraph, Israeli ballistic missiles struck the compound soon after Mojtaba left the building, killing Ali Khamenei along with dozens of senior officials and relatives.
Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei survived a US-Israeli missile strike by seconds after stepping out of his compound just before it was hit, according to a report by The Telegraph.
The strike killed his father, former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with several senior officials and relatives, The Telegraph reported, citing a purportedly leaked audio from a meeting between Iranian officials.
But he stepped out into the garden moments before the missiles struck the compound, the report said.
"God’s will was that Mojtaba had to go out to the yard to do something and then return," Mazaher Hosseini, head of protocol for Khamenei's office, reportedly told Iranian officials in a private meeting cited by The Telegraph.
"He was outside and was heading upstairs when they struck the building with a missile," Hosseini reportedly said.
According to the report, Israeli ballistic missiles struck the compound soon after Mojtaba left the building, killing Ali Khamenei along with dozens of senior officials and relatives.
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