Mojtaba Khamenei is elected as Iranian Supreme Leader

Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba Khamenei has been elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran just a week after his father was killed in Israeli airstrikes.Mojtaba, 56, Khamenei's second oldest son, has strong links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and was chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts 'under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards', according to Iranian opposition outlet Iran International.Mojtaba is not a high-ranking cleric, has never held office and does not have an official role in the regime.It comes after Iran launched a series of ballistic missiles and drones at the United Arab Emirates and Israel as it furiously retaliated after an overnight bombardment which left Tehran burning.