Son of Slain Ayatollah Khamenei Elected New Leader of Iran
The new leader of Iran is 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Mojtaba Khamenei
According to the independent channel Iran International, the Assembly of Experts made this choice under pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The previous supreme leader (Rahbar) of Iran, 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died during a US and Israeli operation on February 28. Two days later, his wife Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh also died from her injuries.