{"id":20570,"date":"2026-03-09T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/2026\/03\/09\/in-response-to-us-israeli-outrage-russia-and-china-support-irans-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:37:00","slug":"in-response-to-us-israeli-outrage-russia-and-china-support-irans-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2026\/03\/09\/in-response-to-us-israeli-outrage-russia-and-china-support-irans-new-supreme-leader-mojtaba-khamenei\/","title":{"rendered":"In response to US-Israeli outrage, Russia and China support Iran&#8217;s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Expert Assembly on Monday announced Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country&#8217;s next supreme leader. The choice sparked sharp reactions from several global powers, including China and Russia, who welcomed the move. <\/p>\n<p>Hours after the appointment, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Mojtaba and said Moscow would stand by Tehran going forward. The 73-year-old Russian president expressed confidence in the mid-level cleric and said he would continue his father&#8217;s work with honor and unite the Iranian people &quot;despite many trials,&#8221; according to a report by news agency Reuters. <\/p>\n<p><button class=\"readmoreAction\">Read full article<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-label=\"arrow\" height=\"10\" width=\"12\" class=\"tbl-read-more-button-arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 8 6\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6.85381 0.203525L3.99181 3.06553L1.12981 0.203525C1.00407 0.0820867 0.835672 0.0148905 0.660874 0.0164095C0.486076 0.0179284 0.318868 0.088041 0.195262 0.211646C0.0716568 0.335252 0.00154415 0.50246 2.52017e-05 0.677258C-0.00149374 0.852056 0.0657025 1.02046 0.187141 1.14619L3.52047 4.47953C3.64549 4.60451 3.81503 4.67472 3.99181 4.67472C4.16858 4.67472 4.33812 4.60451 4.46314 4.47953L7.79647 1.14619C7.86015 1.08469 7.91094 1.01113 7.94588 0.929795C7.98081 0.848459 7.99921 0.760979 7.99997 0.67246C8.00074 0.58394 7.98388 0.496154 7.95036 0.414223C7.91683 0.332292 7.86733 0.257857 7.80474 0.195262C7.74214 0.132667 7.66771 0.083165 7.58578 0.0496444C7.50385 0.0161238 7.41606 -0.00074404 7.32754 2.51711e-05C7.23902 0.000794382 7.15154 0.0191852 7.0702 0.0541246C6.98887 0.0890639 6.91531 0.139852 6.85381 0.203525Z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am confident that you will continue your father\u2019s work with honor and unite the Iranian people in the face of serious challenges,\u201d Putin said. \u201cI want to confirm our unwavering support for Tehran and solidarity with our Iranian friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, China urged the world to respect Iran&#8217;s sovereignty. Calling Mojtaba&#8217;s appointment an internal matter for Iran, China said it would oppose any attempt to target the newly appointed supreme leader. <\/p>\n<h3>America&#8217;s response<\/h3>\n<p>China&#8217;s response came against the backdrop of warnings from the United States that its newly appointed supreme leader would not be able to run the country without American approval. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#8217;s going to have to get approval from us,&#8221; Trump told ABC News. &quot;If he doesn&#8217;t get approval from us, he&#8217;s not going to last very long.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, President Trump also expressed dissatisfaction with the possibility of Mojtaba being selected as the next supreme leader. Trump called him the &quot;lightweight&#8221; who will rule Iran in the future and noted that if Iran chooses a leader loyal to Khamenei&#8217;s policies, the United States would have to start another war with Iran within five years. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;They are wasting time. Khamenei&#8217;s son is a lightweight. I must join the promise like Delsi.&#8221; [Rodriguez] In Venezuela, Trump told Axios when asked about Ali Khamenei&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump did not comment in detail on Mojtaba&#8217;s appointment, nor did he reveal what policy the United States would take after his appointment. When the Times of Israel asked him about Mojtaba, he said, \u201cWe\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; end<\/p>\n<div class=\"authors__container\">\n<div class=\"authors__by\">\n<p>Posted by: <\/p>\n<p>Akash Chatterjee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"published__on\">\n<p>Posted on: <\/p>\n<p>Mar 9, 2026 20:07 IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>tune the frequency<\/p>\n<p><iframe scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/podcasts.indiatoday.in\/news\/news-at-7\/1355291\" class=\"podcast-multy-video-iframe\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s Expert Assembly on Monday announced Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country&#8217;s next supreme leader. The choice sparked sharp reactions from several global powers, including China and Russia, who welcomed the move. Hours after the appointment, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Mojtaba and said Moscow would stand by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19394,49968,23282,51201],"class_list":["post-20570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran-us-israel-war","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-xi-jingping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}