World reacts to appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader

New supreme leader receives support from Oman, Iraq, Yemen’s Houthis, while the US and Israel make threats.

Save

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has never held a formal position in government, but his appointment as his late father’s successor amid the US-Israeli war on his country was not unexpected.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts appointed the 56-year-old mid-ranking religious scholar to the position on Sunday, just over a week after his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in United States-Israeli strikes.

World reacts to appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader

Other newsrooms on this story

Related reading

Iran names Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, as new supreme leader: state media

Iran’s top figures pledge allegiance to new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei

Mojtaba Khamenei elected new Supreme Leader of Iran — Assembly of Experts

Iran’s Assembly of Experts announces Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader

Five things to know about Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei

Iran’s new supreme leader brings mystery element to Middle East crisis