New Delhi, March 9 -- Iran on Sunday named Mojtaba Khamenei the country's next supreme leader, following the February killing of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The official handle of Khamenei announced the appointment, saying, "Assembly of Experts on Leadership ... In accordance with its religious duty and belief in the presence before the Almighty Lord, in today's extraordinary session appoints and introduces Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Rawmeh'i (may God protect him) as the third Leader of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran, based on the unanimous vote of the esteemed representatives of the Assembly of Experts on Leadership."

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