Iran’s state television says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed a hard-line cleric as the country’s new judiciary chief.
Saturday’s report says Sadeq Larijani will lead the judiciary for the next five years.
Larijani replaces conservative cleric Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, who has finished serving two customary five-year terms.
The new judiciary chief is Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani’s brother and a member of the constitutional watchdog, the Guardian Council.
