(Bloomberg) — Iran named the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as its new supreme leader as Tehran kept up its attacks on several countries on the ninth day of the war in the Middle East. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, won a “decisive vote” in Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the semi-official Fars news agency said…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday cautioned that Iran’s next supreme leader would struggle to remain in power without his backing, as Tehran prepared to announce the successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran’s Assembly of Experts held a private meeting and selected the country’s next leader, according to members of the body, nine…
Iran’s Assembly of Experts on Sunday (local time) said that the 88-member body has reached a decision regarding the next supreme leader of the country, without naming the candidate selected, CNN reported. The development comes days after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes launched by the United States and Israel on…
After the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iran, the situation of confusion regarding the leadership of the country seems to be ending. Iran International quoted sources as saying that the Assembly of Iran Experts, under pressure from the IRGC, has selected Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as the next Supreme Leader. Iranian Supreme Leader…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s second son Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is in the spotlight since Iran’s Assembly of Experts chose the 56-year-old as Iran’s new supreme leader, Iran International reported. As per the report, the decision was taken under pressure from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Mojtaba, who has never held office, is not a high-ranking…
Iran’s powerful Assembly of Experts has elected Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, as the country’s next Supreme Leader, according to informed sources cited by Iran International and the New York Times. The reported decision follows days of military escalation and internal deliberation after Ali Khamenei was killed in United…
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died on 28 February following US and Israeli strikes that targeted strategic locations across the country. Khamenei’s killing has pushed the country’s leadership to urgently select a new supreme leader, CNBC reported. Khamenei, the 86-year-old supreme leader, ruled Tehran for 36 years before he was killed by the strikes…
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday (local time) addressed the nation, saying that Tehran’s armed forces will “disappoint the enemies,” and added that they are currently “crushing the enemy’s bases,” BBC reported. Pezeshkian’s address came a day after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the US-Israeli strikes on Saturday. Expressing his condolences…
U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran entered a second day Sunday following the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an event that has cast doubt over the Islamic Republic’s future and heightened fears of instability across the region, as reported by the Associated Press. Explosions were reported in Tehran as Israel said it…
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a large-scale strike carried out by Israel and the United States, according to Iranian state media on Sunday, a development that casts uncertainty over the future of the Islamic Republic and heightens concerns of regional instability. President Donald Trump announced his death hours earlier, saying it…
