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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - Iran Appoints Son of Killed Supreme Leader as Successor Mon Mar 9 14:12:24 2026

State of the Union: The appointment elevates one of Tehran’s hardliners to its highest office. The post Iran Appoints Son of Killed Supreme Leader as Successor appeared first on The American Conservative .

Iran has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to be the country’s new Supreme Leader, the country’s Fars news agency reported Sunday. Khamenei, who was a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and fought in the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s, is considered one of Iran’s strongest hardliners. Until Ali Khamenei’s death, his son effectively served as his chief of staff, managing his political affairs and controlling access to the late Supreme Leader. According to the Iranian government, Khamenei’s mother, sister, wife, and one of his sons were killed along with his father in U.S.–Israeli airstrikes on the first day of war. The post Iran Appoints Son of Killed Supreme Leader as Successor …Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Mason Letteau Stallings) - Reports: Iran to Elect Hardliner as New Supreme Leader Wed Mar 4 01:45:00 2026

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

DAILYCALLER (Jason Cohen) - NYT Ripped For Headline Labeling Ayatollah Khamenei ‘Hard-Line Cleric Who Made Iran A Regional Power’ Mon Mar 2 15:08:56 2026

'NYT got the headline wrong'