Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was chosen to succeed him in a decision announced on Monday by the Assembly of Experts. Iran’s clerical body named Mojtaba as the country’s new supreme leader amid ongoing war and US-Israeli airstrikes.
US President Donald Trump has once again threatened Iran, saying the country’s next leader “is not going to last long” without US approval and claiming Tehran must bow to his demands to avoid further conflict.