00:01Iran on Monday, March 9, names Mojtaba Khamenei as the next supreme leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei.
00:08The move signals that hardliners remain in power as the week-old U.S.-Israeli war with Iran pushed oil prices
00:14above $100 a barrel.
00:16Mojtaba is an influential figure among Iran's security forces and business networks linked to his father.
00:22He had been seen as a leading candidate before the Assembly of Experts voted on Sunday.
00:26Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment may draw the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump who said on Sunday that Washington should
00:32have a say in the selection.
00:34Israel had earlier warned that it could target whomever was chosen as Iran's new leader.
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