Mojtaba ​Khamenei, 56, is known as a hardliner like his father

Israel attacked oil facilities in Tehran overnight, causing large explosions, in an expansion of its strikes to energy infrastructure.

"By a decisive vote, the Assembly of Experts, appointed Ayatollah Seyyed ‌Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the third Leader of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran," the Assembly said in a st...