Mojtaba Khamenei named Irans next supreme leader

He will succeed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been named as his successor as Iran's supreme leader. Ali Khamenei led Iran from 1989 until his death during the opening wave of US-Israeli strikes on Tehran on February 28.