Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 9 (Reuters) - Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed ⁠his ⁠father Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, signaling that hardliners remain ⁠firmly in charge,

A senior Iranian cleric involved in the vote to choose a new supreme leader indicated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son ​Mojtaba would be his successor, although a formal announcement was awaited, after Israel threatened whoever was chosen.

President Trump attended a dignified transfer of the remains of six U.S. Army service members who were killed in Kuwait in Dover, Delaware.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is not interested in negotiating with Iran and raised the possibility that the Iran war would only end once Tehran no longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power.

The president is joining families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. troops killed in the war in the Middle East.

Trump said last week that Mojtaba Khamenei — the son of the 86-year-old former leader — would be an 'unacceptable' choice to replace his father.

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