"The Iranians are showing defiance by choosing the son of Khamenei," a former diplomat told CNBC.

Elite NOPO force protects new Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei while deploying around prisons holding political ...

President Donald Trump said last week that Mojtaba Khamenei would be "unacceptable," and Israel has vowed to target whoever ...

The U.S. sanctioned Mojtaba Khamenei for representing his father to advance his "destabilizing regional ambitions and ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba was chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts to succeed his late father as supreme leader, ...

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named as the Islamic Republic's next ruler, authorities ...

The second son of the late supreme leader keeps a low profile. But he's long been viewed as wielding his power behind the scenes, from crushing dissent to influencing presidential elections.

Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei served in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s where he developed close ties with the military services ...

His rise to succeed his father suggests the regime is focused on shoring up its own position as the war with the U.S. and ...

DORAL, Florida, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was "disappointed" that Iran named Mojtaba ...

Supreme leadership over Iran, currently the most dangerous office in the world, now seems to be a hereditary affair. The ...

Mojtaba Khamenei, a mid-ranking cleric with influence inside Iran's security forces, had been seen as a frontrunner leading ...