Iran Names Mojtaba Khamenei as New Supreme Leader Amid Ongoing War

The 56-year-old son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei becomes Iran’s third supreme leader, in what critics call a dynastic succession at odds with the Islamic Republic’s founding principles.

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