Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been chosen as Iran's new supreme leader, has long been seen as one of the most influential figures inside the country's ruling system.
However, the son of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has never held government office and lacks the senior religious credentials typically expected of the role.
As supreme leader, his father stood above the president and had the final say over Iran’s armed forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Tehran on February 28.
There have been reservations in the past about Mojtaba taking over because it would mean the state resembles a monarchy, which the Islamic revolution of 1979 had toppled.
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