Mojtaba Khamenei, son of ayatollah killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes, named Iran’s new supreme leader, state media reports

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.

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March 8, 2026, 10:45 PM GMT+1 / Updated March 9, 2026, 10:09 AM GMT+1
By Chantal Da Silva
Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Iran’s new supreme leader, succeeding his father just more than a week after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes.