Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday that there was "no problem" with the Islamic Republic's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who US officials say was wounded.

On Friday, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said he believed Khamenei, who took power after his father was killed in a strike at the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, "is wounded and likely disfigured."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told MS NOW's Ayman Mohyeldin "there is no problem with the new supreme leader. He sent his message yesterday, and he will perform his duties."

Khamenei, 56, has not been seen in public since the airstrike that killed his father and predecessor as supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and several key family members.

But on Thursday, he issued a written statement. (AFP)


Edited by Tony Sabine