News from Iran Newsrael News Desk MAR 4, 2026
UPDATE: Mojtaba Khamenei was selected as the new Iranian Supreme Leader
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Iran's Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the next Supreme Leader under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards
Drama within Iran’s leadership: The Assembly of Experts convened secretly and virtually to determine the identity of the next leader.
While Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is emerging as the leading candidate, officials in Tehran fear that a public declaration would turn him into an immediate target for assassination by the United States and Israel.
Israeli forces struck a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Council on Tuesday as officials gathered to choose a successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior Israeli official.
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