Washington, May 9 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has emerged as a key figure in shaping Iran's war strategy during the conflict and in directing officials involved in diplomatic negotiations with the United States to end the war. Despite sustaining serious injuries in the same strike in which his father, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed along with several senior Iranian military commanders on the first day of the attack launched by the United States and Israel, Mojtaba has reportedly remained deeply involved in shaping Iran's wartime strategy, directing military operations, and guiding diplomatic efforts aimed at reaching a settlement with Washington, according to assessments by U.S. intelligence officials...