Intrigue, Power Plays and Rivalries: Inside the Rise of Mojtaba Khamenei

Scritto il 16/03/2026
da Farnaz Fassihi

The weeklong fight over Iran’s next leader pitted the Revolutionary Guards against moderates. The generals won, but only over spirited resistance.A photo of the new supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a ceremony for military officials killed by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, in Tehran, Iran, last week.