Iran names Khamenei’s hardline son Mojtaba as new supreme leader, oil surges

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Iran today named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, signaling that hardliners remain firmly in charge, as the week-old U.S.-Israeli The article Iran names Khamenei’s hardline son Mojtaba as new supreme leader, oil surges appeared first on Stabroek News.


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