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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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Who Is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s New Supreme Leader?
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The son and successor of the slain Ali Khamenei looks poised to follow in his father’s footsteps.
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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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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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Putin pledges ‘Unwavering Support’ to Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
Russian President Vladimir Putin formally extended his "unwavering support" to Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, signaling a deepening of the Moscow-Tehran alliance.
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Thousands of Iranians rally to celebrate new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei
Iranian citizens took to the streets to celebrate the new Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. However, nobody wanted impotent nepo baby Mojtaba Khamenei to be Iran’s next supreme leader — not President Trump, and not even Khamenei’s own father, who held the job until he was blown up in airstrikes earlier this month. Assassinated Supreme...
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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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Trump Threatens to Kill Iran’s New Supreme Leader Too
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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