Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was tapped to assume control of the country by Iran’s Assembly of experts, Iranian International reported Tuesday.

Motjaba is known for a staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism, and has close ties to Iran’s notoriously brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military body, according to CNN.

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[–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

An election is not necessarily something done by the people. What you're thinking of is called "universal suffrage".

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    He wasn't elected, rumors are that the clerics were pressured to vote for the son of the supreme leader...

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