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Iran's New Leader: 'His Father on Steroids'
Mojtaba Khamenei secured 59 of 88 votes in a secret wartime session amid factional pressure and air strikes targeting clerical sites, marking a contested succession.
- Mojtaba Khamenei was declared supreme leader by state media shortly before midnight, with officials describing his rise as the climax of a high-stakes wartime succession.
- Following attacks on clerical centres, the Assembly of Experts moved online and validated votes via virtual wartime procedures, as security fears increased.
- The Assembly of Experts used wax-sealed ballots, and Taeb, the former spy chief, phoned all 88 members urging support, producing a 59-of-88 vote for Mojtaba Khamenei.
- The three-person transition council ordered Iran to stop attacking Arab nations in the Gulf, signalling an immediate policy shift as Revolutionary Guard generals consolidated power by backing Mojtaba Khamenei.
- Questions about hereditary succession persist after the elder ayatollah's reported objections to family succession, as moderates backed Hassan Rouhani and Hassan Khomeini while Mojtaba said 'I don't want to accept it; pick someone else', Abdolreza Davari said.
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Mojtaba Khameni's ascension to the new superintendent of Iran might have seemed simple, even predictable. In fact, it was not one of them. It was almost after a real struggle for success. This process became a major month's version of the Islamic Republic of the series "Game of Thrones": a vacant throne, a council of priests and two Danishs — Khameni and Khomeini — found in competition. Political personalities fought for power, military commande…
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An intense struggle for success, like the New York Times with “Game of Thrones”, faced the General Guards of the Revolution and the moderate battle. The first had won the cause, but not without resistance.
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