Iran announces Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader on Sunday. In a lengthy statement, the assembly said that “after careful and extensive studies… in today’s extraordinary session, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (may Allah protect him) is appointed and introduced