Andrew England: Financial Times Middle East Editor explains who Mojtaba Khamenei is

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 9, 2026 · 4m · transcript

Little is known about Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, but he’s likely to continue his father’s “hardline, hostile attitude” toward the US, Israel and the West more generally, one expert says.

Andrew England, the Financial Times’ Middle East editor, told Newstalk ZB’s Ryan Bridge that hostility would be compounded because Khamenei's father, mother, wife and sister have all been killed.

Khamenei has not given any statement since the war began, England said.

“We don't know where he is and we don't really know what the fate of him is. We don't know if he was in that compound, you…