Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei and Israel
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Official sanctions records, corporate filings and land registry documents point to a vast financial network possibly tied to Iran's new supreme leader. View on euronews
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei had held his first foreign policy session since being named supreme leader, and had taken a stance for revenge against the US and Israel that was “very tough and serious. ”
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New Iran supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei cheated death by seconds, gruesome leaked audio claims
Iran’s new supreme leader survived the Israeli strike that killed his father because he stepped outside the compound for a walk in the garden minutes before the blast, according to a new report. Leaked audio from a meeting about the Feb.
Iran escalated attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure, targeting LNG facilities in Qatar and UAE, following the killing of national security chief Ali Larijani.
President Donald Trump said last week that Mojtaba Khamenei would be "unacceptable," and Israel has vowed to target whoever was made Iran's new highest authority.
The shocking claim was described to The Post by two intelligence community officials and a third person close to the Trump administration.
"I think that the new leadership under Mojtaba might be willing to take more risks," a former Israeli official told Newsweek.
The second son of the late supreme leader keeps a low profile. But he's long been viewed as wielding his power behind the scenes, from crushing dissent to influencing presidential elections.
The son of Iran’s slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will take over as the country’s supreme leader, Iranian state media announced Sunday. Mojtaba Khamenei was selected by the country’s elite body of clerics known as the Assembly of Experts.
Iran's command structure appears to be splintering after the deaths of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ali Larijani, with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei still out of public view and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps increasingly central to decision‑making in Tehran.