US EditionIran’s New Supreme Leader Creates a Delicate Diplomatic Moment for Central Asia
Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment, driven by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, signals continued hardline policies and increased military influence, amid ongoing conflict with the US and Israel.
- On Sunday, Iran's Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei as the country's new Supreme Leader following the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in strikes by the United States and Israel.
- Senior sources claim the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forced the selection, viewing Khamenei as a pliant figure to advance hardline policies despite his limited resume.
- At his own succession rally on Monday, Khamenei was a no-show, with observers speculating he is either wounded or hiding out of fear.
- President Donald Trump branded the new leader "unacceptable," while critics call Khamenei a "nepo baby" lacking the charisma required for a wartime leader.
- The regime's decision shows defiance against American pressure, potentially cementing hardline theocratic rule as the country remains locked in conflict with the United States and Israel.
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At 17, Mojtaba Khamenei Built Network That Made Him Iran's Supreme Leader
On March 8 2026, ten days after US-Israeli strikes killed his father, Mojtaba Khamenei was appointed Iran's third supreme leader. At 56, he became the most powerful figure in a country of 90 million people, at war and under siege.
Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme guide in Tehran, has still not expressed himself. One wonders even if he is in a position to do so. And, if he is alive, for how long? For the regime, the fact that he remains hidden is actually not a problem. Last week I had a chronicle on the replacement of Ali Khamenei by his son Mojtaba. The decision had to raise some reservations because it was only on Sunday 8 March that it was confirmed that the Assembly …
The new Supreme Guide: "I am grateful to the Resistance Front fighters" (ANSA)
Mojtaba Khamenei makes first speech as Iran’s supreme leader
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who is yet to appear in public, vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths since the start of the war with the US and Israel, in a statement read out by a presenter on state TV. "A limited amount of this revenge has so far taken concrete form, but until it is fully achieved, this case will remain among our priorities," Khamenei said, according to the statement. "We will seek compensation from the enemy, an…
Iranian supreme guide Mojtaba Khamenei spoke for the first time since his appointment. He called for national unity and said that the Ormuz Strait, a vital global channel of communication, would remain...
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