Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reportedly been selected as the country’s new Supreme Leader, Israeli media outlets claim.

Iranian officials have not yet confirmed the report.

Earlier, Israeli media said that the 88-member Assembly of Experts — responsible for selecting Iran’s Supreme Leader — was conducting the vote online and that the process had entered its final stage.

The Assembly of Experts’ building in Qom had previously been struck and damaged in attacks by the United States and Israel.

The building had been evacuated beforehand, so no casualties were reported.

Meanwhile, the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will take place in Mashhad following a major gathering in Tehran.

According to Iranian news agencies, the Tehran ceremony will be held at Imam Khomeini Hall, but the date for the burial in Mashhad has not yet been announced.

The selection of Iran’s Supreme Leader is carried out by the Assembly of Experts, which consists of 88 senior clerics and jurists.

Members of the Assembly are elected by direct public vote every eight years.

The selection of Mojtaba Khamenei is said to have been influenced by senior Iranian figures, including Ahmad Vahidi and Hossein Taeb.

The selection marks a major leadership transition during a period of heightened military tensions with the United States and Israel.

The announcement comes amid reports that the Secretariat building of the Assembly of Experts in Qom was struck and damaged in an attack.

Israeli sources claimed the strike occurred during a leadership vote, while Iranian domestic media acknowledged the attack but denied that a session was underway at the time.

Born in 1969 in Mashhad, Mojtaba Khamenei has long been considered a potential successor, despite never holding a formal government position.

Since 2019, he has been under US sanctions, which accused him of representing his father in official capacities despite lacking a public title.

Independent Iranian media have reported that he holds significant influence within Iran’s security establishment, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.