Iran's new supreme leader 'lightly injured' but still active, Iranian official tells Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a rally in Tehran, Iran, May 31, 2019. Hamid Forootan/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

DUBAI, ⁠March 11 (Reuters) - ⁠Newly-appointed Supreme Leader ‌Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly injured but ​is continuing ⁠to operate, ⁠an Iranian official ⁠told Reuters ‌on ⁠Wednesday.

The official did not ​give ‌details about when ⁠he ​was injured or why ⁠he had ​not made any statement to the ⁠public since being appointed the new leader.

(Reporting ​by ⁠Parisa Hafezi, ​Writing by ‌Dubai Newsroom, ​Editing by Andrew Heavens)