Iran announced this Sunday, the 8th, the choice of a new supreme leader to command the country. Motjaba Khamenei, 56, the second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was chosen to take on the most powerful position in the Islamic Republic. The information was confirmed by Iranian state media.
He will replace his father, who held the position since 1989.
Motjaba was chosen by Iran’s Assembly of Experts, a body made up of 88 high-ranking Islamic clerics responsible for electing the country’s supreme leader.
The institution has performed this function since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and is responsible for choosing the highest political and religious authority in Iran.
The official announcement of the choice depends on the head of the secretariat of the Assembly, made up of 88 ayatollahs.
Earlier this Sunday, Hosseinali Eshkevari, a member of the Assembly of Experts, stated that the surname Khamenei would continue to lead Iran’s leadership.
“With the majority of votes, the person who will continue the legacy of Imam Khomeini and the martyr Imam Khamenei was chosen. Khamenei’s name will remain. The vote has already been held and the result will be announced soon,” Eshkevari said in a video released by Iranian state media.
Continuity after the death of Ali Khamenei
Motjaba’s selection comes a week after the death of Ali Khamenei in an attack carried out by the United States and Israel.
Before that, the Assembly had chosen a new leader only once since the founding of the Islamic Republic, when Ali Khamenei was appointed following the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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