New Delhi, March 9 -- Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei the country's next supreme leader, state media reports, following the killing of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. US President Donald Trump previously said Khamenei's son would be an "unacceptable" selection. The announcement came hours after Israel launched fresh strikes which hit oil storage sites in Tehran.

Mojtaba Khammenei has never delivered a Friday sermon. He has never run for office, addressed a public gathering, or - by most accounts - allowed his voice to be heard by the Iranian public at large. Yet Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old second son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has spent decades quietly accumulating power at the very heart of the Islamic Republic, cultiv...