Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first public statement on Thursday after being appointed to succeed his father on March 8. However, the announcement was delivered by a news anchor on Iranian state television, and he has yet to be seen publicly since assuming his new role.

Trump noted on Monday, “We haven’t seen him at all,” admitting that U.S. officials are uncertain about his condition or whether he is alive, which is “unusual.”

Meanwhile, a new report suggests that Mojtaba Khamenei survived the Israeli attack that killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to The Telegraph, Mojtaba had stepped out into the garden of the family compound in Tehran on the night of February 28, just moments before the explosion occurred.

The 56-year-old was in Tehran on the night of Feb. 28 when he stepped out “to do something,” The Telegraph reported.

While Mojtaba Khamenei was absent, Israel’s space-faring Blue Sparrow ballistic missiles hit the compound, killing Ali Khamenei along with and dozens of his senior officers and family members.

The Trump administration has not commented on the recording but has said repeatedly they believe the new leader is at least injured.

Khamenei “is wounded and likely disfigured,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claimed on Friday. 

Iran has not given any details about Khamenei’s condition.