While pro-establishment crowds celebrate Khamenei's appointment as his father's successor, others believe it signals no change to how Iran is ruled.

Iran's clerical leadership chose confrontation over compromise in appointing Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father.

Many expect the 56-year-old, who has largely kept a low profile, to continue his father's hardline policies.

Mojtaba Khamenei is to replace his father as Iran’s new supreme leader