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Succession defies Trump and raises stakes for wider showdown
Mojtaba Khamenei, linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was swiftly endorsed by Iran's key institutions amid escalating attacks and soaring oil prices, signaling hardline continuity.
- This week, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei was named Iran's new supreme leader; he is the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in strikes a week earlier.
- The Assembly of Experts voted decisively to appoint the new leader, the presenter said, marking only the second transfer of supreme leadership since the Islamic Revolution.
- The new leader receives final authority over state affairs, and state media showed crowds cheering Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment as the supreme leader.
- The U.S. leadership framed the succession amid nuclear-security objectives as US President Donald Trump said he is considering sending ground troops into Iran to secure enriched uranium and prevent nuclear weapons.
- The presenter on Iran's state TV translated the Assembly's declaration into English and urged the public to unite behind the new leader, framing it as a unifying moment.
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Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named as the Islamic Republic's next ruler, authorities announced Monday, as Tehran widened its attacks across the Mideast to strike oil and water facilities crucial to its desert sheikdoms. With Iran's theocracy under assault by the U.S. and Israel for more than a week, the country's Assembly of Experts chose as the next supreme leader a secretive, 56-year-old cleric who maintains …
Iranians rally nationwide to pledge allegiance to new Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei
Iranians take to the streets of major cities across the country to pledge their allegiance to newly-appointed Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei.
He is not a high-ranking cleric, and his father also opposed his succession. Yet, Mojtaba Khamenei is the new supreme leader of Iran. This indicates that the regime will continue its hardline stance at home and abroad.
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