The Iranian clerical establishment signaled its desire for continuity by naming a son of the country’s slain supreme leader as his father’s successor on Monday, as Iran said it was firing more missiles toward Israel in response to expanding U.S.-Israeli attacks.
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was appointed by a committee of senior Shiite clerics, according to a statement published on state media early Monday. His father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the highest authority in the country for more than three decades, was killed in an airstrike during the opening blow of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Top clerics said Mojtaba Khamenei will succeed his slain father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Israeli military said it was attacking Tehran and Beirut early Monday, and Iran said it had launched missiles toward Israel.
