The son of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is the frontrunner to replace him as supreme leader, according to reports
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is currently favored to take control of Iran by the country’s Assembly of Experts, a powerful body of clerics that makes the decision, the New York Times reported while citing sources close to the deliberations.
Other outlets – including Israeli media and Iranian opposition channels – were reporting early Tuesday that Mojtaba had already been selected, though Iranian state media has not confirmed anything.
The report was widely being picked up by Israeli media but had not been confirmed by Iranian state mouthpieces.
Mojtaba was at first believed to have been among the 40 top Iranian aides killed during the Saturday strike that took out Iran’s highest-ranking cleric.
Mojtaba was at first believed to have been among the 40 top Iranian aides k!lled during the Saturday strike that took out Tehran’s highest-ranking cleric, his despotic 86-year-old father who ruled over Iran with an iron grip for decades.
But reports of his name being floated within leadership succession discussions indicate he is alive and well – and could be well on the way to furthering his father’s cause of severely anti-western sentiments.
He had no official role in his father’s regime but was still sanctioned by the US in 2019.
If it’s true Mojtaba is now leading Iran or about to, that appointment was unexpected.
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