Categories: Just Politics

Iran appoints Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as new supreme leader

Iran’s Assembly of Experts on Sunday named Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his late father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader.

This comes more than a week in Iran’s war with the United States and Israel.

United States President Donald Trump had earlier warned that a successor to Khamenei would not “last long” without his approval.

The younger Khamenei had long been considered a contender, even before an Israeli strike killed his father at the start of the war, and despite never being elected or appointed to a government position.

His appointment will be seen as a direct rebuke to Trump, who had declared the son “unacceptable”.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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