Ali Khamenei’s second eldest son, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been elected by Iran’s Assembly of Experts as the country’s next Supreme Leader, according to Iran International. [there are unverifiable reports that he is now eliminated]

Sources told the outlet that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) put pressure on the assembly to appoint a successor after Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday. Israeli officials were expecting Mojtaba to step into his father’s shoes.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the Supreme Leader, is ten times more dangerous than his father.

• He is the guardian who never leaves his father’s shadow.

• He runs his father’s office.

• He is the one who tweets from his father’s account.

• He is very close to the leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds Force, and the Basij.

• He is the one who orders the execution of protesters.

• He is the one who shut down the internet, against Pezeshkian’s wishes.

• He is the most influential figure in Iran.

• He is the man before whom Qassem Soleimani used to bow. [above]

• He is the most dangerous man in Iran.

SOURCE: Michael Claydon, Israel Report