Ayatollah Khamenei’s oldest son elected as supreme leader to replace his dad: report
Ayatollah Khamenei’s oldest son elected as supreme leader to replace his dad: report
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Ayatollah Khamenei’s oldest son elected as supreme leader to replace his dad: report
The son of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was selected to replace him as supreme leader, according to a report in Iranian opposition media.
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was tapped to assume control of the country by Iran’s Assembly of experts, Iranian International reported Tuesday.
Motjaba is known for a staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism, and has close ties to Iran’s notoriously brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military body, according to CNN.