Following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes against Iran, a council of 88 Shiite clerics are set to appoint a new supreme leader. The long-running favourite is the late supreme leader's son, but he faces reservations: the supreme leadership was never supposed to become a family dynasty like the Shahs. But what does the supreme leader actually do?

Iran seeks to quickly appoint a new Supreme Leader following Khamenei's death, amid threats from Israel regarding potential assassinations.

After killings of Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by the forces of the US and Israel, details of possible successor emerged in new development.

March 4 - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba has emerged as frontrunner to succeed his late father as Iran's supreme leader after years spent forging close ties with the elite Revolutionary Guards and building influence in the clerical establishment. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The hardliner is one of the most influential figures in the Iranian clerical establishment. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tehran, Mar 4: Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, son of Ayatollah Khamenei, has been elected as the next Supreme Leader of Iran, Israeli media reported. He was chosen as Khamenei’s successor by Iran’s Assembly of Experts, reports added. Khamenei, who ruled the country for 36 years, was killed in the joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28 when […]

The joint Israeli-US strikes on Iran on Saturday targeted the Islamic republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and President Masoud Pezeshkian, Israel's public broadcaster reported.