Iranian news agencies reported that the Iranian Assembly of Experts elected, by a majority of votes, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei who was assassinated, as the new supreme guide of the Islamic Republic.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced its allegiance to Iran’s new supreme leader. In a statement by the Revolutionary Guard She saysHe added that the movement supports the selection of the Assembly of Experts and is ready to “fully surrender and sacrifice to implement the instructions” of the new Supreme Leader.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian described the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme guide as “a manifestation of the Islamic nation’s desire to strengthen national unity.” The election of Mojtaba Khamenei “will usher in a new era of dignity and strength for the Iranian nation.” She says In a statement by Pezishkian, reported by Iranian agencies.
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Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is the second son of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in an Israeli air strike during a joint Israeli-American operation against Iran.
Trump has stated that he wants to personally participate in the selection of Iran’s new supreme leader, and said he will not accept anyone who continues the policies of Ali Khamenei – least of all his son.