Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader
Iran's ruling clerics on Sunday appointed the slain leader's son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader, defying threats from the United States and Israel to oppose him.
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- Published Date: 12:56 | 09 March 2026
- Modified Date: 01:00 | 09 March 2026
Iran's Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the nation's new supreme leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, Press TV reported late Sunday.
The appointment of Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric with close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, came after Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike on Feb. 28.
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