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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Sami Quadri

Iran names Ayatollah Khamenei’s son as new supreme leader despite Trump calling him ‘unacceptable’

Iran has selected Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader following the death of his father in recent air strikes.

The 56-year-old cleric, regarded as a hardliner within Iran’s ruling establishment, was chosen by senior religious figures despite not possessing the high-ranking theological credentials traditionally associated with the role.

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