Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death has plunged Iran into a fraught transition, with the country now rallying around a new Supreme Leader. According to reports, his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was elected as his successor, yet his conspicuous absence in the days that followed ignited intense speculation that he, too, had been killed alongside his father.
Initial reports about Mojtaba's whereabouts following the US and Israel's attack in Tehran were chaotic. However, Iranian state representatives have now confirmed that the younger Khamenei survived the assault, though he did not escape entirely unscathed.
