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The intelligence agency of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly pressured members of the Assembly of Experts, the body responsible for electing the new ayatollah, and threatened their families to ensure the election of Mojtaba Khamenei.
Trump is gone, Khamenei remains; America's never-ending nightmare with "young Khamenei" Tehran Times
Iran’s Assembly of Experts selects successor to Khamenei, name yet to be announced Saudi Gazette
The imperial fantasy of choosing Iran’s leader Tehran Times
Iran's Assembly of Experts is expected to announce the country's next supreme leader soon after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death.
Mojtaba Khamenei, the eldest son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been elected by Iran’s Assembly of Experts as the country’s new Supreme Leader, strengthening the influence of the Khamenei family within the Islamic Republic and prompting debate over the principles of the theocratic system, which does not formally provide for hereditary succession. The decision by […]
Although initial information suggested that the airstrike on the building of the Assembly of Experts in the city of Qom was carried out precisely at the moment of voting for Iran's new supreme leader, the latest reports indicate…
Iran faces an unprecedented leadership crisis after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli attacks. The situation and urgent
Tasnim News Agency, linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, reported on the 3rd that the building of the 'Assembly of Experts,' where religious leaders had gathered in Qom, central Iran, to select the successor to the assassinated Supreme Leader Khamenei, was hit by a missile attack.
World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes, death of Iran’s Ali Khamenei Arab News
US says its firepower will ‘surge dramatically’ and IDF warns of ‘surprises ahead’, as Iran launches retaliatory strikes Middle East crisis – live updates Israel and the US have bombarded Iran and…
The Assembly of Experts has elected the son of the assassinated Ayatollah Modžtaba Chameneí as the new spiritual leader of Iran. Western countries should not be surprised by the choice; analysts had pointed to this scenario.
Amid informational chaos, Iran's Foreign Minister stated that 'no one knows' who will be the next Supreme Leader, while a member of the Assembly of Experts suggested a specific name, highlighting the ongoing uncertainty.
Iranian state television reported that a high-level leadership council has convened to discuss organizing a session of the Assembly of Experts, the body responsible for electing the country's new supreme leader.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the site of an Israeli attack on a hotel in Beirut’s Hazmiyeh suburb.
Defense analyst Kobi Michael says Israeli strike on Iranian Assembly of Experts building in Qom demonstrates intelligence superiority and leaves regime leadership hunted.
Reports indicate that Israel struck a meeting of Iran's Assembly of Experts, a significant political body, while its members were gathered.
Marrakech – Israel struck the compound of Iran’s Assembly of Experts in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday, targeting the 88-member body as it was convening to select a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes on Saturday. Iranian news agencies reported the building was “flattened” in the […] The post Israel Strikes Iran’s Assembly of Experts as Body Convenes to Pick New Supreme Leader appeared first on Morocco World News.
Joint air attacks hit the building of Iran's Assembly of Experts in the city of Qom, precisely at the moment when this body was holding a meeting to elect a new supreme leader of Iran.
An 88-member panel called the Assembly of Experts appoints the supreme leader. The panel can remove one as well, although that has never happened
The US Justice Department published additional FBI documents describing interviews with a woman who said President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her after she was introduced to him by Jeffrey Epstein.
With Iran’s theocracy under assault by the United States and Israel for more than a week, the country’s Assembly of Experts chose the secretive, 56-year-old cleric with close ties to the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as the new supreme leader. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky tells us more about reactions to the nomination
Iran’s endurance strategy Tehran Times
Many experts have reportedly taken issue with “hereditary leadership." Motjava Khamenei has also formed close political alliances with Ahmad Vahidi, the newly appointed IRGC commander.
Israel targetted a building on Tuesday (March 3, 2026) associated with Iran's Assembly of Experts, which will select the new supreme leader
An Iranian agency reported that members of Iran's Assembly of Experts are holding remote meetings to discuss the successor to Ali Khamenei, making their simultaneous elimination nearly impossible.
Israeli forces struck a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Council on Tuesday as officials gathered to choose a successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a source said.
Iranian news agencies reported that the building was "flattened" during the Israeli strikes.
Senior Iranian leader Alireza Arafi was on Sunday appointed as the jurist member of Iran's Leadership Council, a body tasked with fulfilling the Supreme Leader's role until the Assembly of Experts elects a new leader, Iranian state media reported.
The death of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei raises paramount questions about the country’s future. And while a clerical panel is tasked with replacing him, succession is a complex matter in Iran’s theocracy. Here is what to know: A clerical council selects a new supreme leader An 88-member panel called the Assembly of Experts appoints the supreme leader. The panel can remove one as well, although that has never happened. The panel consists entirely of Shiite clerics who are...