Iran's Supreme Leader appointed on Saturday Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani as the new head of the country's judiciary, state television reported. Larijani, a brother of parliament speaker Ali Larijani and a member of Iran's Guardian Council, replaces Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi whose 10-year term has ended. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a letter to Larijani that he hoped the judiciary would flourish under him. Larijani will serve a five-year term, Reuters reported.