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Mojtaba is the second son of Khamenei, who was born on September 8, 1969. He is described as “the gatekeeper of the Supreme Leader” and is considered by some to be more militant than his father, as he grew up in his arms from a young age. of the conservative movement.
His full name is Mujtaba Ali Jawad al-Husseini Khamenei, and he is the second of the six Khamenei, after his brother Mustafa, and he has two other brothers, Mohsen and Maytham, and two sisters. And his mother is: Ms. Khjestah. He was born in Mashhad, northeast Iran.
Married to the daughter of the former Speaker of Parliament Ghulam Adel. Mojtabi is reportedly second only to Muhammad Gulbayjani, head of the Supreme Leader’s office, according to US State Department documents.
The US administration had previously emphasized Khamenei’s importance within the Supreme Leader’s office in November 2019, when he was punished. According to the Treasury Department, “the Supreme Leader delegated part of his leadership responsibilities to Mojtaba Khamenei, who worked closely with the leader.”
Many reports spoke of Mojtaba’s control over the Basij forces and other paramilitary movements. One of his relatives says that “Mojtaba has a similar mentality to that of his father and has a vision of political, military and economic affairs,” adding that he has good relations with the Revolutionary Guard and with the commander of the “Quds Force. “. “ The late Qassem Soleimani, but of course he does not have the authority of his father.
The guide delegated some of his leadership responsibilities to Mojtaba Khamenei, who worked closely with the Revolutionary Guards, as well as the Basij. In fact, there are many links between Mojtaba Khamenei and the military and security forces in Iran, according to reports.
The first link: a mysterious figure who is far from the center of media attention, his name is Ayatollah Aziz Khoshuqt, and he was a member of the Assembly of Experts, which is a constitutional body that appoints the Supreme Leader by choice from among its members. Khoshuqt was nominated to chair the Assembly in July 2007. But he lost to Rafsanjani. He was a great supporter of Mojtaba. Knowing that Mustafa (Mojtaba’s older brother) is married to Khoshokat’s daughter. He passed away in February 2013.
Khoshokat was a relative and influential member of the “Ansar Hezbollah” movement, a group often used to suppress demonstrations. Mystery and secrecy still surround this movement.
The second link: between Mojtaba and the paramilitary groups is Brigadier General Syed Muhammad Hegazy, former commander of Basij’s forces. He is a close associate of Mojtaba Khamenei and now works in the office of the Iranian Supreme Leader.
The third link: between Mojtaba and the paramilitary movements is Hussein al-Tayeb, commander of the Basij forces. He is an extremist cleric, he met Mojtaba during his studies with him by the hand of Misbah Yazdi.
Political influence of Mojtaba Khamenei
Through these three and other links, Mojtaba Khamenei exerted influence over many of the military and security services, according to reports. Among them are the forces confronting the popular protests that break out from time to time on the Iranian street. Through him, Mojtaba Khamenei also played an important role in political life, and one of his most prominent works was his contribution to the election of former President Ahmadinejad in 2005, and also interfered in Ahmadinejad’s re-election in 2009.
Mojtaba’s support for Ahmadinejad in the 2005 elections was his first appearance in the media and in politics, infuriating some, including Sheikh Mahdi Karroubi, who sent a message to the Supreme Leader on June 20, 2005, in the that Mojtaba complained saying: “Although the positions of His Excellency are transparent, there is news that speaks. With the support of his distinguished son, Mr. Mojtaba, for one of the candidates.”
Mojtaba and the Revolutionary Guard … an ambiguous relationship
At the same time, reports say that Mojtaba has strong ties to top Revolutionary Guard commanders, but not much evidence has emerged to support this hypothesis. Due to the ambiguity surrounding the political views of senior officers in general, and the lack of transparent information about them, there were rumors that Brigadier General Ali Fazli, who lost his left eye in the Iran-Iraq war, and the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran province, opposed the harsh crackdown on protesters, who were said to have been issued by Mojtaba Khamenei.
It is also reported that both Fazli and General Muhammad Ali Jafari, supreme commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard for 10 years, oppose Mojtaba Khamenei’s interference in military affairs.
Was he mojta to succeed his father?
There is a widespread belief among many observers that Khamenei is grooming his son Mojtaba to succeed him, and his name is frequently mentioned among the most prominent figures nominated for the supreme leader seat after his father’s death, but these views they are just speculation so far. There are many obstacles that stand in the way of Khamenei the son, because the circumstances in which his father came to that position are very different from those of these days, among them there is a renewed discussion in religious and political circles that the The office of ruler should not have “a single jurist” (the supreme leader), but rather Governance should be administered through the “Council of Jurists”. Among the most prominent supporters of this idea are Rafsanjani and Ayatollah Abdullah Jawadi Amwali, a conservative clergyman.
