Daily Mail News
By JAKE HOLDEN, UK NEWS REPORTER
Published: 04:40 EST, 23 February 2026 | Updated: 08:37 EST, 23 February 2026
President Donald Trump is said to be considering assassinating the son of Iran’s supreme leader as brave protesters have marched again in Tehran, chanting ‘death to Ayatollah’ over the weekend.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s 55-year-old son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is his father’s most likely successor due to close ties with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) – a powerful branch of the armed forces designated a terrorist group by the US.