Demonstrators gather with Iranian national flags for a rally in support of the new Supreme Leader at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on March 9, 2026. Iran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as its supreme leader with a new barrage of missiles against Israel and the Gulf states on Monday, as the Middle East war sent oil prices soaring. | Atta KENARE / AFP via Getty Images
Iran’s late supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was opposed to his son Mojtaba Khamenei succeeding him, according to a U.S. intelligence report presented to U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other senior U.S….
