Five things to know about Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei
"The Iranians are showing defiance by choosing the son of Khamenei," a former diplomat told CNBC.
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In this article USO XOM CVX COP OXY UAMY MPC USB Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.S. achieved a quick victory when its first strikes on Iran killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader for nearly 37 years. But news that the country had appointed Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as his successor, along with Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, sent oil prices skyrocketing above $120 per barrel on Monday, their highest levels since 2022. "The Iranians are showing defiance by choosing the son of Khamenei," Michael Herzog, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., told CNBC on Tuesday. He added it showed there was "continuity, and the guy will probably be vengeful." U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his "disappointment" in the new supreme leader's selection, telling Fox News: "I don't believe he can live in peace." watch now VIDEO 2:39 02:39 Iran says nation will "unite around" new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Access Middle East The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, told CNBC on Monday the country would unite around Mojtaba Khomeini when asked about schisms in the country's leadership. The 56-year-old inherits the job of leading a country of over 90 million people in a war that has engulfed the Middle East. Here are five things to know about him. He's more hardline than his father Mojtaba Khomeini is more connected to the Islamic Republic's political and security establishments than his father was. Born in the religious city of Mashhad, he was just 10 when his father, a mainstream figure in the revolution alongside the country's first ayatollah, Ruhollah Khomeini, overthrew the ruling shah and established the Islamic Republic in 1979. The son joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps , Iran's most elite military institution , in the late 1980s, serving in the final years of the 1980-88 Iran‑Iraq war,...
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