Mojtaba Khamenei

Iranian Supreme Leader

While the US and Iran have launched strikes against each other for the first time in a month, it is doubtful that this will lead to full scale war

Saber Gholanbari
The New Arab Staff
31 August, 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
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The attacks came amid renewed fighting in the Strait of Hormuz [Getty]
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Mourners in Najaf, Iraq, hold a placard depicting Iran's three supreme leaders during a funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 8 July 2026.
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Mourners touch the coffin of Zahra Haddad Adel, wife of Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, during her funeral in Tehran on July 2, 2026. Mojtaba Khamenei's wife, Zahra Haddad Adel, the daughter of former parliament speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, died on February 28 in the US-Israeli strikes that killed ex-supreme leader Khamenei, according to the Iranian authorities.
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	A woman walks past a banner bearing the images of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), the late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei and his son, the current supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (R), erected along a street at the Vanak Square in Tehran on June 10, 2026.
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Mojtaba Khamenei [Getty]
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