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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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The appointment of the son of the Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, to his office, despairs many Iranians, who see there the transformation of the Islamic Republic into a "hereditary" regime. Since Tehran, "Liberation" tells of the discouragement of the population who sees no prospect of political change or of the end of the war.
Rise of Khamenei's son signals Iran is digging in on war
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Iran Says "No Room" For Talks As US Seeks To "Partition Country, Take Oil"
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Iran names assassinated Ayatollah's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as new supreme leader
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 …
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