
Mojtaba Khamenei survives strikes on Iran, poised to become next supreme leader, sources say
Iran's Assembly of Experts is expected to announce the country's next supreme leader soon after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death.
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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 son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been elected as Iran’s new Supreme Leader.

The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, is described as a dangerous and destabilizing moment for the region and global economy, according to the president of the Indo-Iran Chamber of Commerce.

Supreme leader of Iran who maintained theocratic rule at home and an anti-western axis of resistance in the Middle East Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, has died aged 86 in a large-scale air attack on the country by the US and Israel. He presided over a complex theocratic system that was enforced brutally at home, and sought to influence the exercise of power in other Middle Eastern countries. Though the US and Israel attempted to destroy Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme...

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the US and Israeli airstrikes, will be buried in his hometown, Mashhad.

The eldest son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, a politician and Iranian cleric, was elected the next Supreme Leader of Iran under pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

For the past 40 years, Khamenei has ruled over Iran with an iron fist. His death, the US hopes, would lead to a much-awaited regime change in the country.

Mojtaba was born in 1969 in the city of Mashhad. He grew up at a time when his father was involved in leading opposition to the Shah.

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.

Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, was killed following US-Israeli bombardment, Iranian state television confirmed Sunday. The broadcaster did not provide details about the cir...