Trump said Washington should have a say in the selection, insisting the supreme leader ‘will not last long’ if he does not get US approval
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenReutersPublished: 2:39am, 9 Mar 2026Iran on Sunday indicated it had chosen Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as his successor, after Israel struck fuel depots in Tehran overnight and the conflict widened after Bahrain said an Iranian attack had damaged one of its desalination plants.
“The name of Khamenei will continue,” said Ayatollah Hosseinali Eshkevari, a member of the clerical council charged with electing a new leader, in a video published in Iranian media.
“The vote has been cast and will be announced soon,” Eshkevari said, without providing further details.
