Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader? And would he bring change – or more brutal suppression?

Morteza Nikoubazl NurPhoto via Getty Images The death of Iran s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, during the holy month of Ramadan marks one of the most consequential turning points in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His successor, his son Mojtaba Khamenei, represents both continuity and contradiction in the revolutionary system established after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. At stake is not only who leads Iran, but what the Islamic Republic has become, nearly half a century after