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Here’s What Trump Has Said About Iran’s New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
Prior to Mojtaba's appointment, Trump called him an "unacceptable" choice and a "lightweight."
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Trump Threatens to Kill Iran’s New Supreme Leader Too
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The Iranian Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei the country’s new supreme leader just a week after the U.S. and Israel assassinated his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with other senior officials. Now President Trump wants to kill him too—unless he capitulates to his demands. “President Trump has told aides he would back the killing of new…
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Trump ‘not happy’ with new Iran supreme leader
President Trump on Sunday said he was “not happy” with Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was selected by a group of 88 Iranian clerics known as the Assembly of Experts on Sunday. His father and wife were killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Tehran…
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Trump says he's "not happy" about Iran's new supreme leader
Mojtaba Khamenei was named Iran's new supreme leader following the death of his father in the U.S.-Israeli strikes.
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Trump issues chilling warning to Iran's new Supreme Leader... as he backs off troops on the ground
Iran has retaliated against the US for the killing of the previous supreme leader with strikes against US bases and Gulf nations.
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(VIDEO) Trump Asked if He’s Planning to Take Out Khamenei’s Son After He’s Selected as Iran’s New Supreme Leader
President Trump held a press conference on Monday, where he spoke about the new leader of Iran and did not rule out killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been chosen to succeed the elder Khamenei. This comes amid reports that Mojtaba Khamenei may already be in the crosshairs of Israel, which has already threatened to kill whoever…
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Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader | First Thing
Move could lead to escalation of war as Donald Trump has already called Mojtaba Khamenei an ‘unacceptable’ choice. Plus, stormy space weather may be garbling messages from aliensGood morning.Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been chosen as his successor, as the war enters its 10th day and fresh…
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Iran Names New Supreme Leader Amid Escalating Violence
Tehran has appointed a new supreme leader, Mojataba Khamenei, the son of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Moments after Mojataba was announced as successor, Iran unleashed a heavy barrage of missile and drone attacks directed at oil facilities, in what Arab officials tell NBC is its strategy to…
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What to know about Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader
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.
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Failson or fanatic? A closer look at Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader
Supreme leadership over Iran, currently the most dangerous office in the world, now seems to be a hereditary affair. The Assembly of Experts — Iran’s deliberative body responsible for selecting the nation’s supreme leader — announced this week that the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be succeeded by his son, 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei. While not…
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