President Donald Trump said last week that Mojtaba Khamenei would be "unacceptable," and Israel has vowed to target any declared successor to Ali Khamenei.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would be “unacceptable” for the position.

Mojtaba Khamenei, a mid-ranking cleric with influence inside Iran's security forces, had been seen as a frontrunner leading up to the assembly's vote.

Iran's ⁠Assembly of ⁠Experts has named ​Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his ‌father, Ayatollah Ali ‌Khamenei, as ⁠the ⁠country's new supreme leader, state media ​reported on Sunday. Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric with close ​ties to the powerful Revolutionary ⁠Guards,

UCLA Political Professor Benjamin Radd joins the studio to discuss the newly elected Supreme Leader in Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei, who was killed during U.S. and Israeli airstrikes as fighting in Iran began.

Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed ⁠his ⁠father Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, signaling that hardliners remain ⁠firmly in charge,

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named as the Islamic Republic's next ruler, authorities announced Monday, as Tehran widened its attacks across the Mideast to strike oil and water facilities crucial to its desert sheikdoms.

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as its new supreme leader. The news come as U.S. Central Command reports a seventh service member has died in the war.