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Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader

Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader

Baku, March 9, AZERTAC

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.

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