The 56-year-old cleric takes power days after Israeli-US strikes killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli-US strike, in a handout photo taken in Tehran on 30 October 2024 (Khamenei.ir/AFP)

Published date: 9 March 2026 09:50 GMT

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