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The Ayatollah Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader.
Mojtaba Khamenei was widely reported to be the front runner among the candidates to replace the Ayatollah, who was killed during the first wave of US-Israeli airstrikes against Iran a week ago.
“By a decisive vote, the Assembly of Experts appointed Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the third Leader of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said an official statement made by the Assembly of Experts on Sunday.
The Assembly of Experts is comprised of 88 prominent clerics.
The position of supreme leader will give Mojtaba full authority over all decisions that are made by the government.
Not long before the announcement, President Trump warned that the wrong candidate won’t “last long.”
Trump has previously signaled his disfavor of the Ayatollah’s son.
“They are wasting their time,” Trump said last week.
“Khamenei’s son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy [Rodríguez] in Venezuela.”
In pointed remarks directed at Israel, President Trump said that all of his preferred candidates for the position of supreme leader had already been killed.
