The position of Iran's Supreme Leader has completed its transition, and Mojtaba officially assumes the role of the third leader.

The social media account of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei posted today (March 9) with an image saying: "The Supreme Leader's Expert Assembly... according to religious duties and faith, before the Almighty Allah, at today's special session, by the unanimous vote of the respected representatives of the Expert Assembly, appointed and elected Ayatollah Sayed Morteza Hosseini Khamenei (May Allah protect him) as the third leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran's sacred system."

Comment: The power transition in Iran has been finalized. Morteza Hosseini Khamenei, the second son of Khamenei, was nominated by the Expert Assembly to succeed as the Supreme Leader. This is a stable choice under wartime conditions, continuing the existing policies and gaining strong support from the military and conservative factions, leading to a more hardened Middle East confrontation framework. He inherits his father's hardline stance, and also carries the "blood debt" of his father, backed by the Revolutionary Guard, making his policy towards the US even more radical and leaving no room for compromise.

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