Mojtaba Khamenei | The cleric with a gun

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A profile of Mojtaba Khamenei examines his background as a cleric who lost his parents and wife, and rose to become Supreme Leader of Iran during an unprecedented crisis involving attacks from a major world power and its ally. The piece explores the rare political and existential challenge he faces in preserving the Islamic Republic.

A wounded man who lost his parents and wife, and was elected the ‘Supreme Leader’ of a nation under attack from the world’s most powerful country and its closest ally, the ayatollah now faces a rare crisis his predecessors never confronted — to survive the storm and preserve the republic