Mojtaba Khamenei, the brother of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, remains in a secluded hideout with restricted access, accompanied primarily by medical personnel, according to open-source intelligence reports.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the brother of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, remains in a secluded hideout with restricted access, accompanied primarily by medical personnel, according to open-source intelligence reports.

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Mojtaba Khamenei remains in a hard-to-access hideout with limited entry, surrounded mainly by medical staff. - NYT