The Sen Times

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Irans presumed next supreme leader? And would he bring change or more brutal suppression?

Bathusrt (Australia), Mar 6 (The Conversation) The death of Irans supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, during the holy month of Ramadan marks one of the most consequential turning points in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His successor, widely expected to be his son Mojtaba Khamenei, represents both continuity and contradiction in the revolutionary system established after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. At stake is not only who leads Iran, but what the Islamic Republic has become, nearly half a century after the revolution that promised an end to dynastic rule. Who is Mojtaba Khamenei? Mojtaba Khamenei is a