World Quds Day March in Tehran 2026: Massive Rally Amid Iran-Israel-US War Tensions
Emergence of a New Leader
Several photographs from the rally also show participants carrying images of Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been widely reported as the newly appointed supreme leader following his father’s death.
The images often appeared alongside portraits of:
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Ali Khamenei
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Ruhollah Khomeini
This trio of portraits visually represented the ideological lineage of the Islamic Republic.
The presence of all three figures in the same imagery sends a clear political message about continuity between the revolution’s founding leader, the long-serving supreme leader, and the new generation of leadership.
March 13, 2026 | 6:17 pm