US EditionReports say Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba to be named Iran’s new Supreme Leader
Mojtaba Khamenei’s rise reflects strong backing from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps amid ongoing conflict and political instability, according to multiple sources.
- Mojtaba Khamenei, 56-year-old son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, emerged as the leading candidate after the Assembly of Experts met on Tuesday, and IranIntl reported his election.
- The IRGC pressed for Mojtaba as a crisis-safe choice, and Iran's constitution requires the Assembly to elect a successor 'as soon as possible' after Khamenei was killed Saturday.
- Two other finalists, cleric Alireza Arafi and Seyed Hassan Khomeini, are seen as relative moderates while the Assembly of Experts held two virtual meetings and Israel struck a building in Qum.
- Analysts warn the choice would signal hard-line security dominance and likely provoke public backlash, and Israel Katz said the new leader would be `an unequivocal target for elimination`.
- This selection is only the second transfer in the Islamic Republic's 47-year history, reviving clerical establishment fears about a hereditary father-to-son handoff while controlling Iran's armed forces and highly enriched uranium stockpile.
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