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Iran’s Assembly of Experts, a body of 88 clerics, announced on Monday that Ayatollah Mojtaba Hussein Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei who was assassinated by a joint U.S.-Israeli strike on February 28, has been elected the new Supreme Leader. Mr. Khamenei, 56, is the third Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. U.S. President Donald Trump had said last week that he wanted to be involved in the election of Iran’s new leader. He also signalled that Mr. Khamenei was not acceptable to him. But Mr. Trump seems to have very little influence among the Majles-e Khobregan (Assembly of Experts). Immediately after Mr. Khamenei was appointed, Iran launched a volley of missiles towards Israel, as the war entered the 10th day on Monday.
