Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father Ali Khamenei as Iran’s new supreme leader, is going to be a hardliner, as he takes over the country facing an unprecedented crisis, a former US ambassador in the region says. Gary Grappo, former US Ambassador to Oman, said Mojtaba Khamenei lost his father and some members of his … The post New supreme leader takes job as Iran faces unprecedented “existential crisis,” says observer appeared first on Egypt Independent.