Mojtaba Khamenei is Iran's new supreme leader, confirmed across multiple opposed news blocs.

Accounts differ on the identity of the current supreme leader. Some reports identify Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader, while Reuters stated that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was moved to a secure location ahead of the attacks. In addition, one report described Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as alive and active, whereas another report said mourners gathered for the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

According to jcfa.org, Ali Khamenei, former Supreme Leader, was killed on the first day of the current war. Gulfnews.com reported that Israel and the United States launched coordinated strikes on Iranian targets and that real authority in Iran rests with the Supreme Leader and the powerful security institutions that answer directly to him. Jfeed.com reported that Mojtaba Khamenei decided not to extend Ejei’s tenure for an additional five years and noted that supreme leaders historically granted judicial chiefs two consecutive terms for nearly forty years.

AP News reported that the United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, that the U.S. military said it had ended its latest round of airstrikes after hitting about 90 targets, and that sirens sounded in Kuwait with alerts activated in Qatar and Bahrain due to retaliatory Iranian fire. AP News also reported that Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, that thousands of mourners flooded into Mashhad for the last day of a funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and that the coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader was carried to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq. JCFA.org added that Mojtaba Khamenei remains hidden at an undisclosed location and that Iran issues written statements in his name without images or recordings.