Lack of public appearances prompted speculation about new leader’s mortality after multiple family members perished The confirmation that Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was injured in the first wave of Israeli attacks underlines how ...

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly under the protection of the elite NOPO counterterrorism force as he remains in hiding. The move comes after leadership changes in Iran and rising security concerns following Ali Khamenei’s death.

Just days into his tenure of Iran's highest office, reports have mounted that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded in the U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed his father and predecessor, along with other family members, at the start of an ongoing war ...

North Korea has expressed support for the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader of Iran, while condemning what it described as the “illegal” military attack by the United States and Israel that killed Iran’s previous leader.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba was chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts to succeed his late father as supreme leader, in a sign that hardliners were still

The second son of the late supreme leader keeps a low profile. But he's long been viewed as wielding his power behind the scenes, from crushing dissent to influencing presidential elections.

Iran’s leadership crisis has taken a dramatic and deeply controversial turn after Mojtaba Khamenei, the little-known son of the late

The US said it had destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels, although President Donald Trump said in social media posts there were no reports that Iran had planted explosives in the Strait of Hormuz.