FILE PHOTO: A woman gestures while holding an image of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the day of an anti-Israeli and U.S. rally, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 6, 2026.
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MAJID ASGARIPOUR
continue pursuing every successor of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli
strikes on Iran.
In a post on X in Farsi, the Israeli military also warned it
would pursue every person who seeks to appoint a successor for
Khamenei, referring to the clerical body charged with choosing
the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader.
The warning comes as the clerical body is set to meet to
choose Iran’s next supreme leader.
Published on March 8, 2026