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Mojtaba Khamenei

Mojtaba Khamenei
Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is the third and incumbent supreme leader of Iran. The son of Ali Khamenei, he rose to Iran's highest post after his father was killed in air strikes by the US and Israel on February 28, 2026.
Vehicles drive past banners showing portraits of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and his father at a square in Tehran on Monday. Photo: AP
US, Israel war on Iran

Factions in Iran openly fight over war’s direction amid Khamenei’s absence

Hardliners opposing talks with the US demand President Pezeshkian’s resignation, deepening political tensions over how to end the war.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Iran says fighting ‘full-scale war’ with US

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US, Israel war on Iran

2 US troops dead, 1 missing after Iran attacks base in Jordan

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US, Israel war on Iran

Assassinations unleashed under Trump haunt Iran war endgame

The killing of Iran’s leader and top general and the capture of Venezuela’s president mark a new paradigm in international relations.

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Mourners carry an anti-Trump banner in Mashhad, Iran, on thursday. Photo: WANA via Reuters
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Mojtaba Khamenei’s absence signals shifting role for Iran leader

Was he too badly injured to appear at his father’s funeral? Or is there concern that Israel or the US could directly target him too?

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Iran mourners defiant as Khamenei buried: ‘only revenge can soothe the pain’

Mourners in Mashhad chant revenge slogans as Iran-US exchanges threaten ceasefire deal.

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‘Playing games’: Trump calls Iran’s response to US peace proposal ‘unacceptable’

Both sides remain far apart as Tehran demands war reparations and control of the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran state TV.

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The USS Rafael Peralta enforcing a US maritime blockade on April 24. Photo: US Navy via AFP
Iran

With hacking of street cameras before and during war, who’s watching who?

For years, cybersecurity experts have warned that street cameras could be hacked. Now, AI advances help governments sift through footage.

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Japan

Japanese national back home after Iran detention

While the person, detained last year, is now free, another Japanese national - said to be a journalist - has been in custody since January.

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Middle East

Many more to follow? As Iran hangs 3 young men, rights groups raise alarm

The three are the first to be executed from among tens of thousands arrested during a brutal crackdown on protests in January.

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In this image from video circulating on social media in January, protesters in Tehran, Iran, dance around a bonfire as they take to the streets. Photo: UGC via AP
US, Israel war on Iran

Iran’s parliament speaker emerges as key figure in war after assassinations

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf helps fill the power vacuum left by the killing of Iran’s leaders.

Two men ride their motorbike past a billboard of Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran. Photo: AP
US, Israel war on Iran

‘Cease fire’! Pope Leo escalates call for Middle East war to end

The pope did not cite the US or Israel by name but did mention the strike on a school in Iran that killed over 165 people.

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Over 800,000 Lebanese – 1 in 7 people – displaced by war in 10 days

It is little more than a year since the last conflict uprooted over a million Lebanese from their homes, although that process took months.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issue death threat for Israeli PM Netanyahu

Before the threat, US President Donald Trump said Tehran wanted ‘to make a deal, I don’t want to because the terms aren’t good enough yet’.

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People burn an image of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration in Mexico on Saturday. Photo: EPA
US, Israel war on Iran

‘Black rain’: Iran war’s toxic pollution will spread and last for years

Missiles and bombs contain pollutants which are released into the air, soil and water when they explode and crash, posing many health risks.

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Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7. Photo: TNS
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US claims Strait of Hormuz will not close, Iran’s new supreme leader ‘wounded’

Few details revealed about measures to restore oil flow as reports indicate the US is now sending amphibious assault ship, Marines to region.

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Iran’s new supreme leader defies Trump, says Hormuz must stay blocked

In first declaration since his appointment as the country’s new supreme leader, Khamenei demands that US military bases in region must close.

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Mystery surrounds health and whereabouts of Iran’s new supreme leader

Speculation over the health of Mojtaba Khamenei grows amid reports he was wounded in US-Israeli attacks.

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A banner depicting Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on the side of a highway in Tehran. Photo: AFP
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Where things stand after another weekend of war in the Middle East

As Mojtaba Khamenei takes the helm in Tehran, regional casualties climb and oil prices surge in a conflict that enters its 10th day on Monday.

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Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader?

A power broker with deep Revolutionary Guard ties, the 56-year-old cleric takes command of a nation under fire after a week of devastating air strikes.

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Iran names new supreme leader as oil surges above US$100 a barrel

Son of Khamenei named supreme leader as the Middle East conflict drives up global energy prices and snarls air travel.

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A destroyed vehicle after a reported strike on fuel tanks in Tehran, Iran. Photo: West Asia News Agency via Reuters
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With Khamenei dead, who will be Iran’s next supreme leader?

A council was formed to lead Iran in the transitional period, while a panel selects the new leader, with Khamenei’s son a potential contender.

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Mourners react following the death of Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Sunday. Photo: EPA
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