News24 | Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei amid Trump threat: ‘He’s not going to last long’

2026-03-09 - 06:03

Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in charge, as the week-old US-Israeli war with Iran pushed oil above $100 a barrel.