Yet Mojtaba Khamenei has a powerful influence over a country that rarely sees or hears him.
For years, the son of Iran’s supreme leader has been speculated to be a potential candidate to succeed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
That speculation has grown with the death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, who many analysts said was being groomed to replace the supreme leader, who is 85.
Mr. Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash on Sunday will not only trigger new presidential elections.
Mr. Khamenei, 55, is the second son of the ayatollah’s six children.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Clemson University, Revolutionary Guards
Locations:
Iran, Islamic Republic