The second son of the late supreme leader keeps a low profile. But he's long been viewed as wielding his power behind the ...

Contact: vanessa.balintec@thomsonreuters.com Iran's hardliners staged a show of force on Monday, taking to the streets to proclaim their loyalty to new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose rise ...

President Donald Trump said last week that Mojtaba Khamenei would be "unacceptable," and Israel has vowed to target whoever ...

As the fighting escalates in the Iran War, President Trump said he’s not happy after Tehran confirmed the country’s newest ...

While pro-establishment crowds celebrate Khamenei's appointment as his father's successor, others believe it signals no ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba was chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts to succeed his late father as supreme leader, ...

In a historic and controversial shift, Iranian state television announced early Monday, March 9, 2026, that Mojtaba Khamenei ...

His rise to succeed his father suggests the regime is focused on shoring up its own position as the war with the U.S. and ...

Opponents of the government, however, worried the new supreme leader, a son of the recently killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ...

Mojtaba Khamenei is expected to continue the hardline rule of his father, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes last week.

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei ⁠as ⁠supreme ...

The new leader of the Islamic regime will be Khamenei’s son Mojtaba. President Trump has called him an “unacceptable” option.