{
  "id": 10138005,
  "title": "Iran Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Was Pulled From Rubble After Hospital Strike, Claim Says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/iran-leader-mojtaba-khamenei-was-pulled-from-rubble-after-hospital",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T04:32:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/iran-leader-mojtaba-khamenei-was-pulled-from-rubble-after-hospital-strike-claim-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was reportedly rescued from the ruins of a Tehran hospital following a series of US and Israeli strikes, according to a report by the New York Post. Mohsen Heydari, a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts, disclosed this information in an interview with Qatari television network Al Araby. Heydari stated that Khamenei, who was wounded and taken to the hospital, was pulled from the rubble of the third hospital despite earlier bombings of three hospitals in Tehran.\n\nPost-strike, Khamenei disappeared and has since been unseen in public or heard from. Heydari also shared details about how Khamenei became Iran's new supreme leader on March 8. He revealed that Khamenei was unaware of his selection until it was announced on Iranian state television. The Assembly of Experts, responsible for choosing the supreme leader, was targeted in the strikes, with its Qom Secretariat being bombed, killing eight people.\n\nAccording to Heydari, the members of the Assembly wrote their votes on paper before being summoned to a secret room for the selection process. He claimed to be the first to propose Khamenei's name, stating, \"Given the enemy’s position, we will choose and elect no one as leader and supreme guide of the Islamic Republic except Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.\" The nine members of the Assembly ultimately voted in favor of Khamenei, with 50 out of 59 votes in his favor.",
  "summary": "New York [US], September 27: Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was \"pulled from the rubble\" of a Tehran hospital after US and Israeli strikes reportedly hit the medical centre where he had been taken following earlier strikes, the New York Post reported. Reports on hospital strike According to the news report, Mohsen Heydari, a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts, made the revelation in an…",
  "key_points": [
    "Mojtaba Khamenei rescued from Tehran hospital rubble after US/Israeli strikes.",
    "Supreme Leader wounded, taken to hospital despite previous hospital bombings.",
    "Khamenei became Iran's new supreme leader on March 8, unaware of selection."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The reported rescue of Mojtaba Khamenei from a bombed Tehran hospital suggests a significant, though unconfirmed, development in Iran's power structure and potentially bolsters his legitimacy as supreme leader.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}