Breaking news: Hegseth says Iran's new Supreme Leader is "wounded and possibly disfigured".

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded and likely disfigured, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ‌said on Friday, questioning Khamenei's ability to govern after nearly two weeks of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. No images have been released of Khamenei since an Israeli strike at the start of the war that killed much of his family, including his father and wife.His first comments came in a statement read by a television presenter on Thursday. ​In the statement, he vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut and called on neighboring countries to close U.S. bases on ​their territory or risk Iran targeting them.We know the new so-called not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put ⁠out a statement yesterday. A weak one, actually, but there was no voice and there was no video. It was a written statement," Hegseth ​told a briefing.