Putin offers Mojtaba Khamenei ‘unwavering support’

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, and offered his “unwavering support” on Monday. “Today, as Iran is opposing an armed aggression, your work in this high post will certainly require immense courage and selflessness,” the Russian president said in a statement. In a widely anticipated move,…