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صورة أرشيفية لمجتبى خامنئي التُقطت في طهران في 30 تشرين الأول/ أكتوبر 2024. وأعلن مجلس خبراء القيادة في 8 آذار/ مارس 2026 تعيينه مرشدا أعلى لإيران خلفا لوالده علي خامنئي الذي قُتل في ضربة عسكرية أمريكية إسرائيلية في 28 شباط/ فبراير 2026. © أ ف ب 01:37 What will Iran's new Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei be in charge of? Middle East Issued on: 09/03/2026 - 16:26Modified: 09/03/2026 - 16:30
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has become Iran's new supreme leader. The secretive 56-year-old cleric is only the third supreme leader in the history of the Islamic Republic and has close ties to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. But what will his role actually entail?
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