{"id":2885,"date":"2026-03-09T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:44:00","slug":"iran-names-khameneis-hardline-son-mojtaba-as-new-supreme-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=2885","title":{"rendered":"Iran names Khamenei&#8217;s hardline son Mojtaba as new supreme leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader, signaling that hardliners remain firmly in charge in Tehran a \u200cweek into its conflict with the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric with influence inside Iran&#8217;s security forces and vast business networks under his father, had been seen as a frontrunner in the lead up to the vote by the assembly, a \u200cbody of 88 clerics charged with choosing the new leader after Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rema - Baby (Is it a Crime) [Official Video]\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MsZhYgo9MoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;By \u2060a decisive vote, the Assembly of Experts, appointed Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as \u2060the third Leader of \u2060the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran,&#8221; the assembly said in a statement issued just \u200cafter midnight Tehran time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The position gives Mojtaba the final say in all matters of state in the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mojtaba\u2019s \u2060appointment will likely draw the ire of U.S. President \u2060Donald Trump, who said on Sunday that Washington should have a say in the selection. &#8220;If he doesn&#8217;t get approval from us, he&#8217;s not going to last long,&#8221; he told ABC News. Israel, ahead of the announcement, threatened to target whoever was chosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mojtaba&#8217;s father, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was killed in \u2060one of the first strikes launched against Iran more than a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. military on Sunday \u2060reported a seventh American has died from wounds \u200csustained during Iran&#8217;s initial counter-attack a week ago, a day after Trump presided over the return to the United States of the remains of the six others who died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S.-Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,332 Iranian civilians and wounded thousands, according to Iran&#8217;s U.N. ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Trump pressed for an &#8220;unconditional surrender,&#8221; Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran&#8217;s \u200cparliament speaker, said Tehran was not seeking a ceasefire to the war and would punish aggressors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel continued to target senior Iranian figures, including Abolqasem Babaian, the recently appointed head of the military office of the supreme leader, saying he was killed in a Saturday strike. <a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/world\/iran-names-khamenei's-hardline-son-mojtaba-as-new-supreme-leader\">(JapanToday)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader, signaling that hardliners remain firmly in charge in Tehran a \u200cweek into its conflict with the United States and Israel. 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