Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran's new supreme leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during US-Israeli strikes last weekend. Iran's Assembly of Experts elected Mojtaba under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards, who had insisted that a new leader be named by 1 March.
The second son of Ayatollah Ali had long been considered the most likely successor, despite reported opposition to a father-to-son succession. He was ultimately elected on the strength of his close ties to Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
