If confirmed, the move could draw the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump who had said he should have a role in the choice of the next leader, a demand Iran has roundly rejected.

The US president dismissed the late Ali Khamenei's son as a 'lightweight,' and threatened more war in the future if a better alternative was not found.

DUBAI: Two influential and hardline Iranian clerics have called for the swift selection of a new supreme leader to help guide the nation amid a new wave of US and Israeli…

Officials say a candidate has been picked based on late supreme leader's advice that he should be 'hated by the enemy'.

Su designación apunta a la continuidad. Trump tildó su candidatura de “inaceptable” y, horas antes de que se conociera su nombramiento, advirtió de que el nuevo dirigente “no…

TERHAN: US President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that Iran’s next supreme leader would not last long without his approval, as Tehran prepared to reveal the successor to the…

A senior Iranian cleric involved in selecting the country’s next supreme leader indicated that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, is expected to...

If confirmed, the move could draw the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump who had said he should have a role in the choice of the next leader, a demand Iran has roundly rejected.

Regime lines up Khamenei’s son for the top job in a country reeling from the US-Israeli onslaught and virtually at war with its Gulf neighbours

Iran's clerical leadership chose confrontation over compromise in appointing Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father.

Many expect the 56-year-old, who has largely kept a low profile, to continue his father's hardline policies.

Mojtaba Khamenei, named Iran's next Supreme Leader, marks a historic shift in the nation's leadership tradition.

US President Donald Trump has dismissed Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as a 'lightweight' and insisted again on Sunday that he should have a say in the new leader's appointment. 'If…

Move could lead to escalation of war as Donald Trump has already called Mojtaba Khamenei an unacceptable choice

Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader, succeeding his father amid tensions with the U.S. and Israel.

TEHRAN: Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khameneias Supreme Leader, signaling that hard-liners remain firmly in charge in Tehran a week into its…

Mojtaba Khamenei is expected to continue the hardline rule of his father, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes last week.

Mojtaba Khamenei will now be charged with leading Islamic Republic through the biggest crisis in its 47-year history.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic Republic, emerging as a discreet...

Mojtaba Khamenei, a cleric long regarded as one of the most influential yet least visible figures in Iran’s political hierarchy, has been appointed the...

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