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Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader?

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France24 English - Middle East 3 weeks ago • france24.com
Iran's new supreme leader 'likely disfigured', US defence chief says
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded and "likely disfigured", casting doubt on his ability to lead after nearly two weeks of conflict.
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France24 English - Top 3 weeks ago • france24.com
Iran new supreme leader Khamenei's wealth estimated at more than $100 billion
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France24 English - Middle East 3 weeks ago • france24.com
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has 'very good links with the IRGC'
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France24 English - Middle East 3 weeks ago • france24.com
Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's new Supreme Leader signals continuity to international community
Amid the political uncertainty surrounding Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new Supreme Leader, Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr Anahita Motazed Rad, Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics. As the Islamic…
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Deutsche Welle English - Top 3 weeks ago • dw.com
Iran: Mass rallies held in support of new supreme leader
Iranian state media said hundreds of thousands went out in support of Mojtaba Khamenei, nine days after his father's killing by an Israeli airstrike. Follow DW for all the updates.
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France24 English - Middle East 3 weeks ago • france24.com
What will Iran's new Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei be in charge of?
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has become Iran's new supreme leader. The secretive 56-year-old cleric is only the third supreme leader in the history of the Islamic Republic and has close ties to t…
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France24 English - Middle East 3 weeks ago • france24.com
Iran names Khamenei's son as new supreme leader
Iran's ruling clerics on Sunday appointed the slain leader's son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader, defying threats from the United States and Israel to oppose him. This comes nine days aft…
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France24 English - Middle East 3 weeks ago • france24.com
Iran goes ‘full dynasty’ with choice of new supreme leader
Iran named Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the country's late supreme leader, the Islamic Republic’s new ruler on Monday. Rouzbeh Parsi from Sweden’s Lund University said the choice of "going full dynasty" was not s…
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France24 English - Top 3 weeks ago • france24.com
The 'shadow prince': Mojtaba Khamenei succeeds father as Iran's new Supreme Leader
PRESS REVIEW – Monday, March 9: The new Supreme Leader embodies both continuity with his father’s hard-line rule and a departure from what was intended to be a non-hereditary system of governance. In other news, Greenpea…
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France24 English - Middle East 3 weeks ago • france24.com
With new supreme leader, Iran says 'business back as usual'
Iran has named its new supreme leader, late Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba Khamenei. The new Ayatollah is considered a fellow hardliner who will pursue his father's rejection of dissent. 'By naming him, Iran shows business i…
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France24 English - Middle East 3 weeks ago • france24.com
Who is Khamenei's son, the new Iranian supreme leader?
After over a week of deliberation Iran's Assembly of experts has chosen Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the new supreme leader of the Islamic Republic. The 88-member panel of clerics chose Kh…
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France24 English - Top 3 weeks ago • france24.com
Oil prices hit historic high after Iran names new supreme leader
Oil prices soared to nearly $120 per barrel on Monday after Iran announced the nomination of a new supreme leader, before falling to $106.23 per barrel. The choice of Mojtaba Khamenei ‌as the new leader – signalling a co…
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Deutsche Welle English - Top 3 weeks ago • dw.com
Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader?
Iran's Assembly of Experts has chosen Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as the country's new supreme leader. His selection shows that the Iranian regime, at war with the US and Israel, has opted for a confrontational path.
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Deutsche Welle English - World 3 weeks ago • dw.com
Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader?
Iran's Assembly of Experts has chosen Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as the country's new supreme leader. His selection shows that the Iranian regime, at war with the US and Israel, has opted for a confrontational path.
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France24 English - Middle East 3 weeks ago • france24.com
Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, son and successor to Iran's supreme leader?
Iran's Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his slain father Ali Khamenei as the country's supreme leader, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in charge in Tehran more than a week into its confl…
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France24 English - Middle East 4 weeks ago • france24.com
Iran: New Supreme Leader set to be announced
In Iran, the body responsible for choosing the next Supreme Leader has made a decision, but the name has not been released. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes eight days ago. Since then, there has be…
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Deutsche Welle English - Top 4 weeks ago • dw.com
Iran war: Khamenei son Mojtaba named new supreme leader
State media in Iran reported that the Assembly of Experts chose the son of late Ali Khamenei as his successor.
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France24 English - Middle East 4 weeks ago • france24.com
War in Middle East: Iran names Khamenei's son Mojtaba as new supreme leader
Iran's Assembly of Experts on Sunday named Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader, more than a week into the country's war with the United States and Isra…
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France24 English - Asia/Pacific 1 month ago • france24.com
With Khamenei dead, how will the Islamic Republic choose Iran's next supreme leader?
After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death in a wave of US-Israeli air strikes on Saturday, the Islamic Republic is having to choose a new supreme leader even as the bombardment continues. Here's what you need to know about Ir…
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France24 English - Asia/Pacific 1 month ago • france24.com
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s hardline supreme leader, is dead at 86
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died at the age of 86 in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, state media confirmed. As the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1989, Khamen…
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