Supreme Leader’s son has big ambitionsMojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s supreme leader, wields considerable power and is a key figure in orchestrating the crackdown against anti-government protesters, analysts say.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Inside a rigged election
Election irregularities are a matter of degree. There is no such thing as a perfectly-run election. But in Iran, there were a lot of irregularities.
Iran’s Supreme Leader: from reformer to provocateur
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameni has shown himself to be moderate and flexible. So his provocative backing of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is out of character. Meir Javedanfar asks why.
Will Khamenei throw Ahmadinejad under the bus?
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have to dump the unpopular Ahmadinejad in order to save himself.
A big step backwards in the Middle East
A week after Lebanon’s elections were won by the moderate, pro-western forces, Iran has gone the other way, writes Charles Richardson.
The US must strike up a dialogue with Khamenei
Re-elected Ahmadinejad is just “one among equals” in Iran, says Zvi Bar’el. If the US wants to chat policy, it will need to also build a relationship with the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, who once against demonstrated his ability to impact the election results.
Iran election: status quo the likely winner
Even if Iran sees political change in its election, the country will still be beholden to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and much will remain the same.
