Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was tapped to assume control of the country by Iran’s Assembly of experts, Iranian International reported Tuesday.
Motjaba is known for a staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism, and has close ties to Iran’s notoriously brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military body, according to CNN.
This dude is gonna be dead in a month. If I were a degenerate gambler I’d bet on that.
Be the change you want to see in the world buddy.
The odds on the current Khamenei still being in charge end of the year are trending down… and pretty quickly too. Could just be settling after the official announcement.