President Donald Trump said earlier on March 8 that Iran’s new leader is ‘not going to last long’ if he is not approved by the United States.
Mojtaba Khamenei (C), the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on May 31, 2019. Rouzbeh Fouladi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
The son of eliminated Iranian leader Ali Khamenei has been chosen to replace his father.
Mojtaba Khamenei was seen as a frontrunner in the lead-up to Sunday’s vote by the Assembly of Experts. The body of 88 clerics is constitutionally charged with choosing the Islamic republic’s next leader.
Jacki Thrapp is an Emmy® Award-winning journalist based in Nashville. She previously worked at The New York Post, Fox News Channel and has written a series of Off-Broadway musicals in NYC. Contact her at [email protected]
