Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader
07:11, 9 March 2026
Iran’s Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the nation’s new supreme leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, Anadolu Agency reports.
The appointment of Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric with close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, came after Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike on Feb. 28, Press TV reported late Sunday.
Earlier, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian made phone call to Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev.