Khamenei’s hardline son Mojtaba appointed Iran’s new leader, Pope Leo warns of Middle East ‘hatred and fear’

By Parisa Hafezi and Maayan Lubell

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) – Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in charge, as the week-old U.S.-Israeli…