Mojtaba Khamenei 'in good health' and 'fully' in control

Israeli security and rescue forces work at the scene of a missile attack from Iran in Bnei Brak, central Israel, on June 16, 2025. Iran has launched missile attacks on multiple targets in Israel since Friday, causing casualties and significant damage. (Tomer Neuberg/JINI via Xinhua)

The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said in an interview with Alaraby Aljadeed that Mojtaba Khamenei is “in good health” and “fully controlling the situation”.

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As a reminder, Mojtaba hasn't appeared publicly since his appointment on 8 March.

His first public address was broadcast by state media on 12 March, read by a presenter.

He says that Iran welcomes any “regional initiative that lead to a fair end of the war”, and Hormuz is “open to everyone except US ships and [US] allies”.

Araghchi has said that “there is no particular initiative on the table so far to end the war".

Meanwhile, Israel launched "wide-scale" strikes on targets in western Iran, the Israeli military says Iran and Israel traded strikes overnight, while missile and drone interceptions have been reported in Gulf states.

The Israeli health ministry has announced that 108 people have been taken to hospital with injuries in the past 24 hours.

It says of these, 96 had minor injuries, two were in "moderate" condition and nine were still undergoing medical assessment.

Since the outset of the conflict, it reports that 3,195 have been treated in hospital for their injuries, with 81 remaining in hospital as of 07:00 GMT on Sunday.

The health ministry does not report the number of deaths recorded.

Elsewhere, UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "any option that can get the Strait of Hormuz reopened is being looked at" after the US called for countries to help secure the shipping lane.

Miliband tells the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "any options that can get the Strait reopened are being looked at".

He says that the UK has already been talking with allies including the US about getting navigation through the Strait back to normal.

The energy secretary also points out that Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper was in Saudi Arabia last week talking to Gulf nations about the Strait and adds that the UK "wants to work with our partners on this".