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fromThe New Yorker
1 day ago

With the Appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader, Iran Signals Defiance

Iran's Islamic Republic selected Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the assassinated Supreme Leader, as his successor, establishing hereditary succession contrary to revolutionary principles against dynastic rule.
fromFortune
6 days ago

Meet Mojtaba Khamenei, 'the power behind the robes' and presumptive favorite to assume power as Iran's Supreme Leader | Fortune

Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen publicly since Saturday, when the Israeli airstrike targeting the supreme leader's offices killed his 86-year-old father. Also killed were the younger Khamenei's wife, Zahra Haddad Adel, who came from a family long associated with the country's theocracy.
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