Iran names Khamenei’s hardline son Mojtaba
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LONDON -- Mojtaba Khamenei, the second-eldest son of assassinated Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been chosen by the country's Assembly of Experts to succeed his father, Iranian state media reported Sunday.
Mojtaba Khamenei was selected Sunday as the next supreme leader of Iran by an 88-member body called the Assembly of Experts to fill the power void in Tehran. The 56-year-old succeeds his late father,