North India Statesman
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A big news has come to light amid the huge uproar in Iran and the Middle East. Nearly a week after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint air strike by America and Israel, Iran has got its new Supreme Leader. Iran’s ‘Assembly of Experts’ has appointed the late leader’s son Mojtaba Ali Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader. This decision has come at a time when the entire Gulf region is burning in the fire of war.
Announcement was made at midnight, the assembly of experts approved
On Monday, Iranian government media officially confirmed this big decision. Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has been elected the third supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran under Article 108 of the Constitution, a statement issued shortly after midnight Tehran time said. The assembly of experts has unanimously approved this decision. Mojtaba, who has deep roots within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was long considered his father’s political heir.
Donald Trump got angry, said- ‘I also had to participate in the selection’
US President Donald Trump has been enraged by this big step of Iran. Trump had already expressed his intention that he should also have a role in the election of the new Supreme Leader of Iran. Giving a sharp reaction to Mojtaba’s coronation, Trump called it a ‘waste of time’. According to American media outlet Axios, Trump said that Khamenei’s son is just a minor leader and he should have been involved in the appointment process. Trump has clearly warned that if Mojtaba carries forward his father’s radical policies, there could be a terrible confrontation with America again in the future.
A crown full of thorns amid Israel’s open threat
This appointment of Mojtaba is like crossing a river of fire. On one hand, Israel has already openly announced that it will target the new Supreme Leader of Iran, on the other hand, the crisis in the Middle East is deepening. Crude oil prices have crossed $100 and after the Iranian missile attacks in Saudi Arabia (in which an Indian also died), America has ordered its embassy staff to leave Saudi immediately. Amidst such great tension, a heavy burden of power has fallen on Mojtaba’s shoulders.
Who is Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Ali Khamenei?
Born in 1969 in Mashhad city of Iran, Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei spent his childhood during his father’s days of struggle. At that time his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was becoming the big face of the rebellion against Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Mojtaba completed his religious education from the madrassas of ‘Qom’, an important center of Shia Islamic education. He took part in the Iran-Iraq War in his youth, which led to his strong ties with the Iranian security apparatus and especially the IRGC.
In 2019, the US Treasury Department had imposed strict sanctions on Mojtaba, saying that despite not holding any government post, he wields power from behind the scenes. Talking about his personal life, Mojtaba is married to Zahra Haddad-Adel, the daughter of a prominent conservative leader. Mojtaba likes to keep his family life away from media and glare.
