Mojtaba Khamenei is reported to have been chosen in Tehran on Tuesday by Iran's Assembly of Experts as the country's next Supreme Leader after the killing of his father, Ali Khamenei, in US and Israeli air strikes, according to Iran International, which cited anonymous informed sources. If confirmed, the move would place Mojtaba Khamenei at the apex of the Islamic Republic at its most dangerous moment in modern history and, just as strikingly, keep ultimate power within one family for the first time since the 1979 revolution.
For context, nothing has yet been publicly confirmed by the Iranian state and the reported decision is said to remain unannounced until after Ali Khamenei's burial.
