Iran’s Assembly of Experts reportedly elects Mojtaba Khamenei as next Supreme Leader under Revolutionary Guard pressure – sources say
Iran’s clerical Assembly of Experts has reportedly elected Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the country’s next Supreme Leader following the death of his father, according to sources cited by Iran International. The selection is said to have been made amid intense pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, marking an extraordinary turn in Iran’s leadership succession that could signal deeper influence by the Guards in the Islamic Republic’s power structures. State media has not yet confirmed the appointment.
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