Khamenei unwell, Iran might have secretly elected its next supreme leader
1 month ago

Khamenei unwell, Iran might have secretly elected its next supreme leader

India Today  

Amid a confrontation with Israel, Iran has a crisis at home. Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei is said to be seriously unwell, and his second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been chosen to lead the Shia Islamic nation. The report by Iran International comes just weeks after The New York Times reported on a secret battle in Iran to succeed Ali Khamenei as the supreme leader. WHO IS MOJTABA KHAMENEI Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was born in 1969 in Mashhad in northeastern Iran. In Iran's 2005 and 2009 elections, Mojtaba Khamenei supported Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and was reportedly involved in securing Ahmadinejad’s 2009 victory.

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Who is Mojtaba Khamenei - likely to be Iran's next Supreme leader?
1 month ago

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei - likely to be Iran's next Supreme leader?

Hindustan Times  

Iran's Supreme Leader 85-year-old Ali Khamenei is allegedly suffering from a severe illness and will soon step down from his position, naming his son Mojtaba Khamenei to be his successor, reported Iran International. Mojtaba Khamenei will likely succeed his father as Iran's supreme leader On September 26, 60 members of Iran’s Assembly of Experts were convened at the request of …

Iran Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a coma? Everything about succession plans amid clashes with Israel
1 month ago

Iran Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a coma? Everything about succession plans amid clashes with Israel

Live Mint  

Iran is likely to see a major change in leadership this year amid escalating tensions with Israel and the looming threat of a wider Middle East war. Speculative reports suggest that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has slipped into a coma and remains ‘seriously ill’. According to reports, Tehran secretly picked its successor in late September — with the ailing Ayatollah …

Iran's Khamenei's Serious Condition Sparks Speculation on Successor
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Iran's Khamenei's Serious Condition Sparks Speculation on Successor

Firstpost  

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is reportedly seriously ill, with his second-oldest son, Mojtaba Khamenei, likely to take over as country plans retaliation against Israel. The news comes amid escalating tensions between the two countries, with Israel conducting a retaliatory strike against several Iranian military targets in response to Iran's missile attack on October 1. The Iranian Supreme Leader …

Polls close in Iran’s snap presidential election
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Polls close in Iran’s snap presidential election

Al Jazeera  

Four candidates are in the race to succeed Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash in May. While the election is unlikely to bring a major shift in the Islamic Republic’s policies, its outcome could influence the succession to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s 85-year-old supreme leader, in power since 1989. Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said voter …

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for presidential election

LA Times  

Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he leaves a press briefing beside portraits of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, top right, and the late President Ebrahim Raisi after registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election in Tehran on Sunday. Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Sunday as a possible …

What’s next for Iran’s government after death of its president in helicopter crash?
7 months ago

What’s next for Iran’s government after death of its president in helicopter crash?

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — The death of Iran’s president is unlikely to lead to any immediate changes in Iran’s ruling system or to its overarching policies, which are decided by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash Sunday, was seen as a prime candidate to succeed the 85-year-old supreme leader, and his death makes it …

Does Raisi's death pave way for Khamenei's son to be Iran's next Ayatollah?
7 months ago

Does Raisi's death pave way for Khamenei's son to be Iran's next Ayatollah?

Firstpost  

Mojtaba has long been rumoured to be a potential successor to his father as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the untimely death of President Ebrahim Raisi only makes his path easier Even as the world joins Iran in mourning the sudden death of President Ebrahim Raisi, the most pertinent question is not who will be the next president but …

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, Iran's interim president after Ebrahim Raisi's death?
7 months ago

Who is Mohammad Mokhber, Iran's interim president after Ebrahim Raisi's death?

Hindustan Times  

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, along with the country's foreign minister and several others, were confirmed dead on Monday after their helicopter crashed into mountainous area in Iran's northwest, according to state media. Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber In Iran, if the president passes away during their term, Article 131 of the Constitution dictates that the first vice president assumes …

Iran rethinks its role as a regional troublemaker
9 months ago

Iran rethinks its role as a regional troublemaker

Hindustan Times  

ON THE FACE of it, the war in Gaza has been good for Iran’s clerical regime. Since then the other members of the “Axis of Resistance” have demonstrated Iran’s reach, striking Israeli and American targets from Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Hamas’s appeal to “brothers in the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, Iraq and Syria” to “merge with the …

Who will be Iran’s next leader?
1 year, 6 months ago

Who will be Iran’s next leader?

Hindustan Times  

When Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the charismatic leader of Iran’s Islamic revolution, died in 1989, hundreds of thousands of mourners packed the streets, fearful of what might happen next. For more than six months Iranians have been demonstrating en masse, chanting death to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the founder’s ailing successor as supreme leader. In 1989 the triumvirate, including a son of …

Dissident Iranian cleric, relative of top leader, dies at 96
2 years, 2 months ago

Dissident Iranian cleric, relative of top leader, dies at 96

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ali Tehrani, a dissident cleric and brother-in-law of Iran’s supreme leader, has died at age 96, local media reported. Tehrani had been a critic of Iran’s authoritarian ruler, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and of the Islamic leaders who toppled the shah in 1979. Tehrani had married Badri, a sister of the current Supreme Leader Ayatollah …

Iran’s Khamenei appears in public after reports of poor health
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran’s Khamenei appears in public after reports of poor health

Al Jazeera  

The appearance of Iran’s supreme leader comes after unconfirmed reports of the 83-year-old falling ‘gravely ill’. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei has made his first public appearance after reports of poor health over the past week. https://t.co/0OTBnbZutx — Henry Rome September 17, 2022 The New York Times late on Friday, citing four unnamed sources, reported Khamenei’s …

Iran’s Khamenei reprimands foreign minister over leaked audiotape
3 years, 7 months ago

Iran’s Khamenei reprimands foreign minister over leaked audiotape

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has publicly rebuked Iran’s top diplomat for his comments on internal power struggles in a controversial audiotape leaked last week. Khamenei said during a televised speech on Sunday that he was “surprised and sorry” to hear Mohammad Javad Zarif’s comments on late Major General Qassem Soleimani’s power and influence, without directly naming …

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