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— the son of slain Iran ian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — has been tapped as the regime’s next supreme leader, Iran ian state media announced Sunday.— was chosen by the nation’s elite clerical panel known as the Assembly of Experts just eight days after his 86-year-old father was killed in US- Israel i strikes on his Tehran compound during Operation Epic Fury .
Other strikes in the joint military attack also killed around 40 other high-ranking Islamic Republic leaders. Mojtaba’s wife, Zahra Haddad Adel, who came from a family long associated with the country’s theocracy, was also killed in the strikes as were other family members. “By a decisive vote, the Assembly of Experts, appointed Ayatollah Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the third Leader of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the assembly said in a statement.of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Trump condemned the likely appointment as “unacceptable” for the US and vowed it would not bring an end to the war.Inside major sports business exec’s harrowing escape from Qatar after Iranian strikes: ‘Truly frightening’“Khamenei’s son is a lightweight. “Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,’’ he said. Trump insisted nobody will take over Iran unless he’s consulted first, telling ABC News Sunday that a new leader “is not going to last long” without his approval. Tehran’s new leader will inherit control of the feared IRGC, which has ruled the nation with an iron fist for decades — and a cache of highly enriched uranium that could be used to build a nuclear bomb. Prior to the vote, the 88-member Assembly of Experts reportedly raised issues over passing the torch to the longtime ayatollah’s son.An Iranian holding a picture of Khamenei at an event marking the 47th anniversary of the Iranian revolution in February.Mojtaba has been known for his staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism and anti-Western sentiments that hallmark the Islamic Republic. including reported claims he couldn’t perform with his wife and had to be hospitalized for impotency treatment on four separate occasionsIt’s not clear if he was with his father in the ayatollah’s compound that was decimated by airstrikes, or if he was targeted in a separate attack on the regime.7th US service member dies in Operation Epic Fury‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Charles in Charge’ star Jennifer Runyon dead at 65NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAn Iranian holding a picture of Khamenei at an event marking the 47th anniversary of the Iranian revolution in February.
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