Iran’s ruling clerics on Sunday appointed their slain leader’s son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, after the US called him unacceptable and Israel vowed to kill whomever the Islamic Republic appointed.
His appointment signaled that hardliners in the Iranian regime were holding on to power despite the US-Israeli bombing campaign. The appointment could also face opposition from Iranians who have shown they are ready to stage mass protests to press their demands for greater freedoms despite bloody crackdowns by the authorities.
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