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Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei the country\u2019s 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.
\nHe was selected by Iran\u2019s Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body of elected senior clerics tasked with choosing the supreme leader.
\nThe assembly has chosen a new leader only once before since the Islamic Republic was established in 1979. It was when Ali Khamenei was hastily selected following the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini more than three decades ago.
\nUS President Donald Trump said Thursday he must be \u201cinvolved in the appointment\u201d of Iran\u2019s next leader and that the choice of Khamenei\u2019s son was \u201cunacceptable\u201d to him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei the country\u2019s 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. He was selected by Iran\u2019s Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body of elected senior clerics tasked with choosing the supreme leader. 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