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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James C. Reynolds

Iran names new supreme leader after Ayatollah Khamenei killed in US-Iran war

Iran has elected a new leader, more than a week after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike.

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was named by a powerful council late on Sunday evening to succeed his father as supreme leader, despite US president Donald Trump’s insistence that he should have a say in the appointment.

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