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Mar
In a historic and highly controversial transition, Iran’s Assembly of Experts has officially named Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s third Supreme Leader. The announcement, made by state media on March 8, 2026, comes in the wake of the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was reportedly killed during a series of high-intensity "decapitation strikes" launched by a U.S.-Israeli coalition. The transition marks a significant departure from the Islamic Republic’s long-standing ideological opposition to hereditary succession, a move that has already sparked intense debate over the future of the Iranian theocracy. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is a mid-ranking cleric who…
