Iran's Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the assassinated Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader following a succession process held March 3-8; contemporaneous reports (Al Jazeera, NPR) carried the announcement on Sunday March 8, though Wikipedia dates the formal announcement to early March 9 local time. The announcement came amid the ongoing war and closure of the strait.
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