Mojtaba Khamenei

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Mojtaba Khamenei
مجتبی خامنه‌ای
File:Mojtaba Khamenei 2019.jpg
Khamenei in 2019
Personal details
BornMojtaba Hosseini Khamenei
(1969-09-08) 8 September 1969 (age 56)
Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran
Spouse
Zahra Haddad-Adel
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(m. 2004)​
Children3
Parents
EducationIslamic Seminary of Qom
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces
Basij
Years of service1987–2010
UnitSayyid al-Shuhada Division
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War Green Revolution
TitleAyatollah
Alma materQom Seminary
Religious life
ReligionShia Islam
DenominationTwelver
JurisprudenceUsuli
Senior posting
Teacher

Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei[a] (born 8 September 1969) is an Iranian politician and cleric. The second eldest child of Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei served in the Iran–Iraq War from 1987 to 1988, and also reportedly took control of the Basij paramilitary militia that was used to suppress the protests over the 2009 election. He is seen as the most influential son of Khamenei politics wise.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

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Mojtaba was born in Mashhad in 1969 and is the second son of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme leader of Iran.[4][5][6] After graduating from high school, he studied theology. His early teachers included his own father and Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.[5]

In 1999, he continued his studies in Qom to become a cleric. Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani and Mohammad Bagher Kharazi were his teachers there.[5][7]

According to The Guardian and French newspaper Libération, among other sources, Mojtaba Khamenei is widely believed to control large financial assets.[2][8] This allegation was rejected by Assembly of the Forces of Imam's Line, an Iranian political group led by his uncle Hadi Khamenei.[9]

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Mojtaba Khamenei and other members of Qom Seminary on 15 March 2016

Political activities and influence

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Support for Ahmadinejad

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Khamenei was affiliated with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,[10] and supported Ahmadinejad in the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections.[11] Journalists stated that he may "have played a leading role in orchestrating" Ahmadinejad's electoral victory in 2009.[2][5]

Khamenei was speculated to have been "a key figure in orchestrating the crackdown against anti-government protesters" in June 2009.[12] He is believed to have been directly in charge of the paramilitary Basij, a blackout of his name in the regime press notwithstanding.[2]

In an open letter, Mehdi Karroubi, a reformist candidate in the 2009 election, accused Mojtaba Khamenei of conspiring to rig the election in Ahmadinejad's favor, referring to illegal interference of "a network".[13]

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad later accused Mojtaba Khamenei of embezzling from the state treasury.[8]

Speculation as possible successor

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Several analysts have considered Mojtaba as a possible successor to his father.[2][14] This is thought by some to present a problem, for the Supreme Leader needs to be elected by the Assembly of Experts from among senior Shia Islamic scholars, but it has been noted that the previous incumbent, Ruhollah Khomeini, exerted a strong influence in favor of the choice of Khamenei’s father.[10] The Guardian argues that "The strength of Mojtaba's following has not been demonstrated", and while he wears clerical robes he "by no means has the theological status" to rise to Supreme Leader, although it notes that.[2] According to the Los Angeles Times, Mojtaba's religious and political stature may still not be enough for Ali Khamenei to one day unveil his son as his successor.[11] However, the Assembly of Experts is considered by The Atlantic to be a ceremonial body without any real power.[15][16]

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Mojtaba Khamenei and his children in Quds Day in 2018

During the presidency of Ebrahim Raisi, Motjaba was one of the clerics speculated as a possible successor as supreme leader.[17][18] However, he is considered unlikely to succeed his father.[19][20][21][22][23][10][24] Unconfirmed reports state that Ali Khamenei has opposed nominating his son as successor.[25][26] The Middle East Institute opined that Khamenei appointing his own son as successor would cause conflict within the Iranian political and religious leadership.[27]

Personal life

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Mojtaba teaches theology in the Qom Seminary.[28] Mojtaba Khamenei married Zahra Haddad-Adel in 2004.[29][30] Their first child was born in 2007.[31]

Financial assets

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Mojtaba Khamenei is widely believed to control significant financial assets in banks such as Bank Ayandeh.[8][32]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Persian: مجتبی حسینی خامنه‌ای

References

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