Iranians stage nationwide rallies to pledge allegiance to new Leader

People gather in Tehran’s Enqelab Square, on March 9, 2026, to pledge their allegiance to new Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei.

Iranians have taken to the streets of major cities and towns across the country to pledge allegiance to the newly-appointed Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei.

The rallies are taking place on Monday in the capital, Tehran, and other major cities like Shiraz, Kerman, Ahvaz, Tabriz, Hamedan, Ardabil, and others.

The ceremony in Tehran is being held at Tehran’s Enqelab Square, with the participants holding Iranian national flags and chanting slogans such as "Death to the US" and "Death to Israel."

The rallies came hours after Iran’s Assembly of Experts, a body of 88 clerics, officially appointed Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, as the new and third Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

Mojtaba Khamenei is the son of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in Israeli airstrikes on his office in Tehran on February 28, the first day of the ongoing US-Israeli terror aggression against Iran. Following Ayatollah Khamenei’s assassination, a three-member temporary leadership council led the country until a new leader was chosen.

The US and Israel have been waging their illegal military assault against Iran, deliberately targeting Iran’s civilian infrastructure and killing at least 1,332 people.

Iran has been launching retaliatory missile and drone attacks on the Israeli-occupied territories as well as on the US assets in regional countries.