Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader, succeeding his father just over a week after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes. A statement from the Assembly of Experts — the panel of Shia clerics responsible under Iranian law for choosing the country’s top leader — said Mojtaba Khamenei had been selected as the third leader of the Islamic Republic, according to reports from IRIB state TV and the Fars, Tasnim and ISNA news agencies. The second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba, 56, is widely viewed as a hardline figure with close ties to the powerful Revolutionary Guard. Israel has already described him as a potential target, while Trump had called him “unacceptable.” The younger Khamenei had been considered a potential leader prior to the American-Israeli attack that killed his father, though the idea was not universally popular given the 1979 toppling of the U.S.-backed hereditary monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Follow along for live updates.…