Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader

ISTANBUL

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.