Following the selection of the new Iranian Supreme Leader… Who is Mr. Mojtaba Khamenei?
On Sunday, Iran witnessed the selection of Mr. Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of the country, succeeding his father who was assassinated in Tehran days earlier in an American-Israeli operation.
Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced the selection of Mr. Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new Supreme Leader.
Who is Mr. Mojtaba Khamenei?
Mr. Mojtaba was born in the city of Mashhad in 1969, and he is the second son of Mr. Ali Khamenei, may God sanctify his secret.
He received his secondary education at the Alavi Religious School in Tehran, and in 1999 he moved to the city of Qom, one of the most important centers of Shiite studies in the world, to continue his religious studies at the seminary.
He continued his studies in Qom to become a religious scholar. Among his teachers there were Mohammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi, Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani and Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Kharrazi. He taught religious sciences in the Qom seminary.
In addition to his studies, teaching, and seminary activities, he maintained close relationships with a number of religious authorities and scholars in Qom and Mashhad.
He has extensive knowledge of major executive affairs in the country and relationships with senior officials, in addition to broad studies in multiple fields and holding sessions with elites to discuss solutions to governance issues, such as economic stability, commodity prices, rapid housing, agriculture, artificial intelligence and support for major scientific projects.
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