Mojtaba Khamenei

Mojtaba Khamenei's ascension to Iran's supreme leader exposes the regime's vulnerabilities and shifts power towards the IRGC. Experts argue his rise marks the collapse of Iran's republican facade.

"A warning has been issued to those Iranians living abroad who in different ways sympathize, support, or cooperate with the American-Zionist enemy," announced the prosecutor general's office.

Khamenei was publicly identified as the supreme leader late on Sunday night, after nearly a week of delayed and disrupted proceedings by the Assembly of Experts.

"The strategy in choosing a hardliner as the new leader would be to consolidate the base, but they're ending up with an increasingly small circle of supporters," said Ali Ansari.

"If in order to destroy Iran we have to sit in a shelter on Passover, I think it's a fair price," Amidror said.

Iran’s appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader sees widespread military loyalty, while oil prices surge amid fears of prolonged disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz.

Mojtaba was a mid-ranking cleric, but with close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps • Iran's ideology frowns on hereditary succession • IDF will 'pursue every successor'

The potential appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei is proving what Israel has long known: It has no intention of ever abandoning its destructive doctrine: Death to America, and death to Israel.

"We've seen those reports as well, of course, and this is something that our intelligence agencies are looking at. We The truth is, we'll have to wait and see," press secretary Leavitt told reporters

US and Israeli strikes have severely disrupted Iran's military leadership, with missile launches dropping and the regime scrambling to select Khamenei’s replacement.