Iranian president's son says new supreme leader 'safe and sound'

TEHRAN - Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is "safe and sound," said Yousef Pezeshkian, son of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, on Wednesday.

Some friends who "had connections" had told him that the supreme leader is safe and sound, said Yousef Pezeshkian in a post on his Telegram channel.

Earlier media reports said that Mojtaba Khamenei was injured in the joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran.