to update. A member of the Assembly of Experts said that the Iranian leader will remain a man bearing the title of Khamenei. Reports Sky News. The name of the new leader has not been announced. This is believed to be Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei.
The Assembly of Experts has elected Iran’s new supreme leader, Iran’s Mehr Agency reported on March 8, citing council members.
The name of the elected leader was not revealed. This is scheduled to be announced by the head of the Secretariat of the Assembly of Experts, Hosseini Bushehri. He has not made any statements yet.
The Council of Experts includes 88 legal scholars who are considered experts in the field of Islamic law. They were scheduled to choose a new supreme leader to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in US and Israeli raids.
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The main contender for the position of Iran’s supreme leader, as reported by The New York Times, is 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei. US President Donald Trump described him as a “lightweight” and said that the Assembly of Experts was “wasting its time” by choosing a leader without the participation of the United States. Trump said that he wants to personally approve the nomination of the new head of state. Media reported on March 7 that Mojtaba Khamenei was injured in the attack.
The Israeli army said earlier that it would consider any new Iranian leader a “final target for elimination.”