Iran’s New Supreme Leader Has Been Selected

Sunday, March 08, 2026

The body in charge of selecting a new supreme leader for Iran says it has reached a decision " although the name was not immediately announced.

Israel has warned it would target any figure chosen to replace Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes on the first day of the war with Iran.

"The most suitable candidate, approved by the majority of the Assembly of Experts, has been determined," Mohsen Heydari, a member of the selection body, said on Sunday, according to Iran's ISNA news agency.

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"Ayatollah Mohsen Heidari Alekasir suggested the figure chosen to succeed the supreme leader would most probably be someone opposed by Washington.

He said the "Great Satan" " Iran's term for the US " had inadvertently done the assembly "a kind of service" by publicly criticising certain candidates. His remarks appeared to refer to comments by Donald Trump, who said it would be unacceptable for clerics to select Khamenei's son Mojtaba as successor.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the deceased supreme leader's son. Photograph: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/Reuters

"Someone opposed by the enemy is more likely to benefit Iran and Islam," Heidari Alekasir said."

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"Iran's New Supreme Leader Has Been Selected"