Iran's new Supreme Leader is unaware of the ongoing war in the Middle East and does not know he is the Islamic Republic's new leader, according to a new report.  

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, succeeded his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following his assassination on February 28. 

He is reportedly in a coma at the Sina University Hospital in Tehran following an airstrike, according to a source in Tehran. 

Due to his condition, he does not know of the ongoing war, the death of his family members, including his wife and son and of his own election as Supreme leader, the source said. 

Mojtaba is also reportedly in intensive care and surrounded by security officials, while a large section of the hospital has been sealed off to guard Iran's Supreme Leader. 

It is unclear whether Mojtaba was injured in the same air strikes which killed his 86-year-old father.

A separate source told The Sun through secret messages sent to an exiled dissident based in London: 'One or two of his legs have been cut off. His liver or stomach has also ruptured. He is apparently in a coma as well.' 

The source, who does not want to be named out of fear for his life, said the new Supreme Leader is under the care of Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi, Iran's Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education and one of the country's top trauma surgeons.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said on Friday he believes Mojtaba is wounded.

'We know the new so-called, not-so-supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured,' Hegseth told a press conference.

Iranian officials have confirmed the new leader is wounded but have given no further details.

Other reports suggest that Iranian commanders have not received orders from their new supreme leader. 

An Iranian official speaking from inside the war-torn country told The Telegraph: 'No one knows anything about Mojtaba, whether he is alive or dead or how badly injured.' 

'We are all just told that he's injured. He has no control over the war because he is not here. The majority of commanders, or more correctly, all commanders, have no news about him.' 

Questions about Mojtaba's whereabouts have only intensified since he issued his first statement on the war on Thursday. However, he did not appear on camera, and a news anchor read his remarks.

The statement said that Iran would not refrain from avenging the 'blood of its martyrs.'

The Iranian leader added that while he believes in maintaining a friendship with Iran's Gulf neighbours, attacks on US bases in the region will continue.

He said: 'We are not an enemy of the countries around us, and we are only targeting the bases of those Americans.'

The newly declared Ayatollah's statement added that Iran was seeking to improve relations with its neighbours: 'We send a message to the leaders of the region and emphasise that we are going to have good relations with the countries around us.'