India, March 4 -- Iran's Assembly of Experts has reportedly elected Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, the son of Ayatollah Khamenei, as the country's next Supreme Leader, according to local media reports.

Sources cited by Iran International said Iran's Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as the next Supreme Leader under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards.

Born in 1969, Mojtaba Khamenei is reported to have served during the Iran-Iraq War from 1987 to 1988.

He has also been linked to oversight of the Basij militia, which was deployed to suppress protests following Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election, according to Pantheon World. Over the years, he is believed to have wielded significant influence within Iran's poli...