Esmaeil Kowsari, a member of Iran's Parliament National Security Commission, stated on television that Mojtaba Khamenei fought inconspicuously on the front lines during the Iran-Iraq War. Kowsari also mentioned that Ali Khamenei had expressed that if Mojtaba Khamenei were to become a martyr, it would not be problematic, but he must not be captured to prevent exploitation by the enemy.