Mojtaba Khamenei Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/mojtaba-khamenei/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:30:12 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.jwire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jwirelogocleangoog.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mojtaba Khamenei Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/mojtaba-khamenei/ 32 32 6446428 Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader? https://www.jwire.com.au/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei/ https://www.jwire.com.au/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei/#respond Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:30:12 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178443 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba has been chosen by Iran’s Assembly of Experts to succeed his late father as ‌supreme leader, in a sign that hardliners are still firmly in charge. Mojtaba Khamenei has close ties with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards but has never held a formal government role and opposes reforms and engagement with the […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei/feed/ 0 178443 Israel strikes Qom building as clerics meet to choose Khamenei successor https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-strikes-qom-building-as-clerics-meet-to-choose-khamenei-successor/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-strikes-qom-building-as-clerics-meet-to-choose-khamenei-successor/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:39:10 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178302 Israel has struck a building in Iran’s holy city of Qom where senior clerics from the Assembly of Experts were reportedly gathering to select a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated on Saturday in joint US-Israeli strikes. The Assembly of Experts, an 88-member clerical body constitutionally responsible for appointing the supreme […]

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