Son Of Iranian Leader Khamenei Is Hardliner With Backroom Influence
Mojtaba Khamenei is one of the most influential figures in the Iranian clerical establishment headed by his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and among the figures seen as a candidate to succeed him as leader of the Islamic Republic.
A mid-ranking cleric who studied under religious conservatives in the seminaries of Qom, Mojtaba is a hardliner with close ties to the Revolutionary Guards, the force mandated to safeguard the Islamic Republic led by Khamenei since 1989.
Carrying the clerical rank of Hojjatoleslam, Mojtaba, 55, has never held a formal position in the Islamic Republic's government, exercising his influence behind the scenes as the gatekeeper to his Баща, съгласно иранските наблюдаващи.
Неговата роля от дълго време е спор в Иран, като критиците отхвърлят всевъзможни подмятания за династична политика в страна, която е свалила подкрепяна от Съединени американски щати монарх през 1979 година Хаменей, е показал опълчване на концепцията за династичната завещание.
