Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei the country’s new supreme leader following the killing of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes on February 28, the state-run media announced early Monday, APA reports citing CNN.
He was selected by Iran’s Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body of elected senior clerics tasked with choosing the supreme leader.
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Khamenei’s name as Iran’s leader will continue, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the body tasked with choosing Iran’s next supreme leader, said Sunday, although a final decision has not yet been announced, APA reports citing CNN.
In a video carried by Iranian media, Hosseinali Eshkevari said “the issue of determining the leadership… has been completed.”
“The name of Khamenei will continue. The vote has been cast and I hope that it will be announced by the authorities,” he said. “There is no need to worry.”
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