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Mojtaba Khamenei, born on September 8, 1969, in Mashhad, Iran, is the second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, and Khadijeh Mirdamadi. Raised in a clerical family with deep roots in Twelver Shi'a Islam, Mojtaba’s upbringing was steeped in religious education and political awareness. Growing up in Mashhad, a city central to Shi’a scholarship and home to the Imam Reza Shrine, he pursued advanced Islamic studies with a focus on Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), following the clerical tradition of his father. Mojtaba has maintained a low public profile, but his influence ...

The death of Khamenei will mark the biggest political change in the Islamic Republic since the death of the last supreme leader in 1989. But those hoping for a kinder, gentler Iran are likely to be disappointed.