An Iranian man rides his motorbike past a billboard bearing the images of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L), the late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei (R), and his son the current supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (C), erected along a street in Tehran on May 28, 2026. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said on May 28, that the United States and Israel were seeking to destabilise the Islamic republic in a written message read on state television. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, succeeded his father supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in the opening US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which sparked a war across the region. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /