Leaked audio reveals how Iran’s new leader avoided death by seconds.By World Israel News StafMojtaba Khamenei, the son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who has reportedly succeeded him as Iran’s Supreme Leader, was nearly killed in the same strike that took his father’s life, according to a new report.The U.K. outlet The Telegraph reported that during the opening strike of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran on February 28, the younger Khamenei was present at his father’s compound.According to leaked audio obtained by the outlet, Mojtaba Khamenei had stepped outside into the garden just seconds before bunker-busting bombs destroyed the building where the elder Khamenei and many of his family members and advisers were gathered.The audio recording is said to be of a senior aide to Khamenei, Mazaher Hosseini, who described the morning of the attacks during a meeting with unknown participants some two weeks after the strike.Hosseini recounted that the younger Khamenei narrowly escaped death but was wounded in the leg. His wife, son, brother-in-law, and niece were reportedly killed alongside his father in the bombing.In the recording, Hosseini described the force of the attack, saying those inside the building had been blown to pieces, and were identifiable only by their body parts.Although Khamenei’s compound reportedly contained a multi-level bunker extending deep underground, he and his associates were meeting on the first subterranean level at the time of the strike.According to the report, Khamenei and his advisers believed any attack would occur under the cover of darkness rather than during daylight hours.Since the strike, no Islamic Republic officials have publicly claimed to have seen Mojtaba Khamenei.While a statement attributed to him was released shortly after the announcement of his appointment as Supreme Leader, some observers have raised questions about its authenticity and whether Mojtaba himself wrote it.There is also growing speculation that he may have been more seriously wounded in the attack than has been publicly acknowledged.The post Mojtaba Khamenei narrowly escaped fatal airstrike: Report appeared first on World Israel News.