Iran’s Assembly of Experts has reportedly chosen Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
He will be the country’s next Supreme Leader.
According to a March 3 report by Iran International, the clerical body made the decision under intense pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).The announcement follows the confirmed death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a coordinated US–Israeli military strike on Tehran on February 28, 2026 — a development that has plunged the Iranian system into a historic succession crisis.
Sources familiar with the decision told Iran International that Mojtaba’s election by the Assembly of Experts, a body of 88 senior clerics vested with the constitutional authority to choose the Supreme Leader, reflects the influence of the IRGC in shaping the post-Khamenei leadership transition.
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