Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader

By Mohammad Sio

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ISTANBUL (AA) - Iran's Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the nation's new supreme leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, Press TV reported late Sunday.

The appointment of Mojtaba, a mid-ranking ​cleric with close ties ​to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, came after Ali Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike on Feb. 28.