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Was Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei, assassinated?
ALBAWABA - Unconfirmed social media reports claimed that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a strike in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Sources allegedly said that Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was likely killed in the airstrikes which targeted the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps early Tuesday morning.
A video was posted on social media claiming to show the place where the strike hit and led to the assassination of the supreme leader's son, Mojtaba Khamenei. The clip showed a number of people surrounding an area where fire is seen erupting following an alleged airstrike.
A social media user said on X that "unofficial and unconfirmed Iranian sources are circulating that an Israeli airstrike was targeting Khamenei, but that the person killed in the strike was his son, Mojtaba."
Accordign to the netizen, the airstrike took place in Tehran, "engulfing the city in smoke, just moments before the ceasefire was announced."
مصادر تقول أنباء عن مقتل نجل خامنئي الدجال مجتبى خامنئي في الغارات الجويه الذى تدمرت مقرات الحرس الثوري الارهابي فجر اليوم
في هذا المكان بالضبط — hamid mutasher (@HamedMusher) June 24, 2025
However, many questioned the rumors emerging online and called them fake, as no official statement or reliable news outlet has detailed the news or confirmed it.
Reuters reported on Monday that a three-man committee from a top clerical body was chosen and appointed by the 86-year-old Ali Khamenei himself years ago to pick his replacement in case he is gone.
