The late ayatollah allegedly opposed the succession policy that would give the position of supreme leader of Iran to his son Mojtaba, CBS found. The intelligence agency informed President Donald Trump and a small group of his senior advisers, including Vice President JD Vance.
Ali Khamenei did not want Mojtab's son to be his successor
The elder Khamenei's concerns stemmed from the belief that 56-year-old Mojtaba “is not very bright and is not fit to be a leader.” He also heard rumors that Mojtaba had “problems in his personal life.”
In a sense, Trump acknowledged that he had read the information, saying in a Friday interview on Fox News that Mojtaba was “not someone a father would want” and calling him a reckless person.
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