Seyed Mujtaba Hossein Khamenei ( Persian سید مجتبی حسینی خامنهای , born 1969 , Mashhad ) is an Iranian cleric, an influential statesman of the country. The son of Ali Khamenei , the Supreme Leader (Rahbar) of Iran . According to one version, a likely successor to the post of the next head of state [1] .
| Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei | |
|---|---|
| Persian. سید مجتبی حسینی خامنهای | |
| Birth name | Seyed Mujtaba Hossein Khamenei |
| Date of Birth | 1969 |
| Place of Birth | Mashhad , Khorasan-Rezavi , Iran |
| A country | |
| Occupation | statesman, clergyman |
| Father | Ali Hosseini Khamenei |
| Mother | Hojast Khamenei |
| Children | son : Ali |
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Biography
Born in 1969 in Mashhad ( Khorasan-Rezavi ost ), the second child in the family of the future Iranian leader Ali Khamenei , Azerbaijani by nationality [2] [3] . After leaving school, he studied theology. Among his first teachers was Ayatollah Sayed Mahmoud Hashemi Sharudi, as well as his own father [2] . In 1999, he continued his studies at the religious center of the holy city for Shiites of Qom , after which he became a clergyman. His teachers there were such theologians as Mesbah Yazdi, Ayatollah Lotfol Safi Golpayegani and Mohammad Bagher Khazari [2] [4] .
Political Activity and Influence
Mojtaba is currently teaching theology in the religious center of Kum [5] . He was a consistent supporter of the former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , and supported him in the elections of 2005 and 2009 [6] . The latter’s influence on the country's affairs was tried to weaken by his father, Iran’s Rahbar Ali Khamenei. According to one of the sources, in connection with this discrepancy, Mojtab was allegedly involved in an attempt on the supreme leader of the country, and was arrested because of suspicions [7] . After Ahmadinejad accused him of embezzling state funds in 2013 , analysts began talking about the end of their political alliance. [eight]
According to many scholars of modern Iran , Mojtaba “played a significant role” in Ahmadinejad’s electoral victory. [2] [9] , and even stood for a decisive crackdown on protests in June 2009 . [10] There is also a version that the son of Rahbar directly leads those who played a significant role in suppressing the protest mood in the summer of 2009 by the Basij , a voluntary police force formally subordinate to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [9] .
According to many press reports, Mojtaba has a strong influence on his father and is one of his likely successors [9] . However, not everyone agrees with this version, due to the fact that under the Iranian Constitution, the position of the Supreme Leader (Rahbar) is not hereditary. This is an elective position, the new Rahbar is elected by the Council of Experts and it is not possible to transfer it by inheritance. Moreover, experts note that “Mojtaba did not demonstrate his ability to follow a strong, independent path” and, despite the fact that he is a Shiite cleric, he does not have the necessary theological status to become a rakhbar [9] . Many conservatives, including the supreme hierarchy of the IRGC, support Mojtaba, opposing a reformer who could argue with the country's financial policies and dispute the advisability of conservatives allocating billions of dollars to maintain their regional political line. Nevertheless, many believe that the religious and political status of the son of the current Rakhbar is enough for him to proclaim him his heir once. [6]
Personal life
Married to the daughter of Golyam-Ali Adel , the former chairman of the Mejlis of Iran [11] . According to one of the data published in Wikileaks , Mojtaba had a son in 2007, who was named Ali [12] .
Notes
- ↑ Sahimi, Mohammad . Nepotism & the Larijani Dynasty (August 20, 2009). Date of treatment February 11, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 The Man in the Shadow: Mojtaba Khamenei , Tehran Bureau, 16 July 2009
- ↑ Khalaji, Mehdi Supreme Succession. Who Will Lead Post-Khamenei Iran? (Policy Focus (No. 117)). The Washington Institute (February 2012). Archived on April 16, 2014.
- ↑ Diba, Bahman Aghai . Supreme Leader of Iran and His Successor (March 4, 2011). Date of treatment June 18, 2013.
- ↑ Iran's Political Elite . United States Institute of Peace . Date of treatment July 28, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Jeffrey Fleishman . Iran supreme leader's son seen as power broker with big ambitions (June 25, 2009). Date accessed June 25, 2009. Error in the footnotes ? : Invalid tag
<ref>: name "latimes_20090625" defined several times for different contents - ↑ The son of the supreme ayatollah of Iran was accused of attempting to assassinate his father Date of treatment November 29, 2014. Archived December 5, 2014.
- ↑ Nikolas, Katerina . Ahmadinejad accuses Ayatollah Khamenei's son of embezzlement (January 15, 2013). Date of treatment February 11, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Borger, Julian . Khamenei's son takes control of Iran's anti-protest militia (July 8, 2009). Date of treatment July 11, 2009.
- ↑ Jeffrey Fleishman . Khamenei's son: Iran experts say he plays key role in protest crackdown (June 25, 2009). Date of treatment June 25, 2009.
- ↑ Bazoobandi, Sara. The 2013 presidential election in Iran (neopr.) // MEI Insight. - 2013 .-- 11 January ( v. 88 ). Archived on September 25, 2015.
- ↑ Expat source's information and views on Mojtaba Khamenei (February 4, 2011). Date of treatment February 18, 2013.