Mojtaba Khamenei
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September 8, 1969 Mashhad, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | Qom Hawza |
| Spouse(s) | Zahra Haddad Adel (m. 2004) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (father in law) |
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Sayyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید مجتبی حسینی خامنهای; born 8 September 1969) is son of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran. He was involved in the Iran-Iraq war operations in 1980 to 1988. Mojtaba reportedly took control over the Basij militia that was used to suppress the protests over the 2009 election.
He's considered by western sources as one of the possible candidates of succeeding his father Ali Khamenei, who has ruled Iran for nearly three decades. But this position is supposedly chosen only by the Assembly of Experts.
Mojtaba was born in Mashhad in 1969 and is the second son of Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran. After graduating from high school, he studied theology. His early teachers included his own father and Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi. In 1999, he continued his studies in Qom to become a cleric. Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani and Mohammad Bagher Kharazi were his teachers there.
Mojtaba teaches theology in the Qom seminary. He was affiliated with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and supported Ahmedinejad in the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections.
Journalists stated that he may "have played a leading role in orchestrating" Ahmadinejad's electoral victory, and that he may be "a key figure in orchestrating the crackdown against anti-government protesters" in June 2009, and directly in charge of the paramilitary Basij, a blackout of his name in the regime press notwithstanding. In an open letter, Mehdi Karroubi, ex-chairman of the Majlis (parliament) and a reformist candidate in the 2009 presidential vote, explicitly accused Mojtaba Khamenei of participating in a conspiracy to rig the election, referring to illegal interference of "a network".
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