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Iran’s Assembly of Experts Installs Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader During Active U.S.–Israeli War
In an emergency pre-dawn vote on 9 March 2026, the 88-member Assembly of Experts elevated Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei—son of the late Ali Khamenei—as Iran’s third supreme leader, consolidating hard-line control while bombs still fell on Tehran.