Russian Emergency Ministry plane flew to the border with Iran on the day of the alleged evacuation of Khamenei Jr. to Moscow. According to the official version, it was delivering humanitarian aid.
The recently elected Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, was allegedly taken to Moscow for treatment on a Russian plane on March 12 as part of a "top-secret operation," claims Kuwaiti publication Al-Jarida, citing a high-ranking source close to the Iranian leadership. On this day, a special aircraft of the Ministry of Emergency Situations landed in an Azerbaijani city on the border with Iran with humanitarian cargo and flew back to Moscow, "Novaya-Europe" found out. According to Al-Jarida's source, Khamenei Jr. was wounded as a result of American and Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28. The Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, also announced Mojtaba's injury on March 13. Iranian authorities have not confirmed or denied the information about the injury. On Thursday, March 12, Vladimir Putin offered the President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, to transport Khamenei to Moscow, writes the Kuwaiti media. Journalists claim that Tehran accepted the offer, after which Khamenei was transported to Moscow that same evening. Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov did not deny these reports. "We do not comment on such reports in any way," he said. As "Agentstvo" notes, Al-Jarida publication belongs to Mohammed Jassim Al-Sager, chairman of the board of directors of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Previously, Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Guardian have cited this media. The latter publication noted that Al-Jarida publishes materials based on leaks from Israeli officials. On Thursday, March 12, a special aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (Il-76TD "Anatoly Lyapidevsky", tail number RA-76362) landed in Lankaran, a city in Azerbaijan on the border with Iran, which, according to official data, delivered 13 tons of humanitarian aid to Iran. Trucks from the Iranian Red Crescent arrived in Azerbaijan for the cargo. The plane flew back to Moscow the same day. At the same time, according to the Flightradar website, the plane transmitted inaccurate data about its location during the flight: while over Russia, the plane periodically showed that it was flying over Turkey, "Novaya-Europe" discovered. Earlier, the same aircraft was used to evacuate Russians who found themselves in Israel, Lebanon, and Iran at the beginning of the war in the Middle East. According to data from the website of the "Aviation Rescue Company of the Ministry of Emergency Situations", up to 5 medical modules for the transport of up to 20 casualties are installed in the cargo compartment of aircraft of this type.
