Power over piety: Khamenei Jr inherits Iran’s legitimacy dilemma

Iran International · March 11, 2026 Politics
Power over piety: Khamenei Jr inherits Iran’s legitimacy dilemma

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei inherits not merely his father’s office but also the constitutional ambiguities and political compromises that accompanied Ali Khamenei’s own controversial elevation nearly four decades earlier.

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