A Son of Iran’s Late Supreme Leader Is a Possible Candidate to Replace His Father as War Rages

Asharq Al-Awsat

Khamenei had occupied a similar role to that of Ahmad Khomeini, a son of Iran's first Supreme Leader Khomeini — "a combination of aide-de-camp, confidant, gatekeeper and power broker,” according to United Against Nuclear Iran, a US-based pressure group.