The second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is alive: he is one of the candidates for the leadership of Iran
Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is enjoying excellent health and is currently handling important matters of the country, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday.
Mojtaba Khamenei. PHOTO FB Iran Military
Mehr reports that he has received reliable information confirming that Mojtaba is alive, in good health, and is currently dealing with issues related to his murdered family members and examining important issues facing the country, writes Agerpres, citing Xinhua.
Mojtaba Khamenei is one of the candidates for the leadership of Iran.
We remind you that on Saturday morning, following joint US and Israeli air attacks on Tehran and other Iranian cities, Ali Khamenei was killed, along with other members of his family, high-ranking military commanders and civilians.
Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, the wife of Iran's supreme leader, later died of her injuries, according to wionews.com.
Children of Ali Khamenei
Despite the fact that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was one of the most influential figures in the Middle East, his family lived largely in the shadows. His six children – Mostafa, Mojtaba, Masoud, Meysam, Boshra and Hoda – rarely appeared in public and information about them circulated with difficulty.
Considered by many to be his father's unofficial heir, Mojtaba was the only one who really came to the attention of analysts. His relations with the Revolutionary Guards and conservative clergy made him a key figure in the system.
Masoud, although married into an influential family, chose discretion, and Khamenei's two daughters and other sons remained almost completely out of the public scene.
Iranian media reported that the airstrikes also killed other family members: a daughter, a grandson, a daughter-in-law and a son-in-law. Their names have not been made public, but the scale of the losses suggests a deep rift in the structure of the Khamenei clan.
