Mojtaba Khamenei is the son of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
- He is known as a man in the shadows of Iranian politics. Yet Mr Mojtaba Khamenei has a powerful influence over a country that rarely sees or hears him.
“When people started talking about Mojtaba as a potential successor in 2009, I considered it a cheap rumour,” said Dr Arash Azizi, a lecturer at Clemson University who focuses on Iran. “But it’s not that anymore. It’s very clear now that he is a remarkable figure. And he’s remarkable because he’s been almost entirely invisible in the public eye.”
But many Iran experts dismiss the idea that the ayatollah’s own son could replace him as a danger to the system. Mr Khamenei was accused by Iranian reformists of playing a significant role in the 2005 election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a hard-line populist, who unexpectedly beat the leading candidates at the time.
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