After the sudden resignation of their leader The Right Honourable Caliph Keir Sheikh Starmer bin Mohammad, the British people are waiting nervously to see who Muslim elders will choose as his successor. Starmer bin Mohammad served less than two years as Prime Minister under the British Emirate of the Islamic Caliphate of Western Europe, which […]
President Trump suggested that Iran’s current leaders were “much more reasonable” as he sought to show progress in his war aims. Despite a month of U.S.-Israeli attacks, Iran’s government, led by clerics and the Revolutionary Guards, appears firmly in control.
State of the Union: Mojtaba Khamenei is the son of the late former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. The post Reports: Iran to Elect Hardliner as New Supreme Leader appeared first on The American Conservative .
The New York Times reports that Iran’s clerics are close to selecting the hardliner Mojtaba Khomeini as the new supreme leader of Iran. Khamenei is the son of the deceased supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.–Israeli strikes this weekend. He will be the third supreme leader of Iran, following both his father, Ali Khamenei, and his predecessor Ruhollah Khomeini. Mojtaba Khamenei served in the Iran-Iraq war in the Habib Battalion and later attended seminary in Qom, the religious center of Iran. Khamenei, like his father, is a Shia cleric. His presumed selection as supreme leader comes after a political career of over 2 decades. Khamenei supported hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during the 2005 and 2009 elections in…Open
If Mojtaba Khamenei is chosen by Iran’s senior clerics, it may signal a victory for hard-liners, an analyst said.