据伊朗国家电视台报道，伊朗专家会议选举已故最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊之子穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊为新任最高领袖。
现年56岁的穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊是阿里·哈梅内伊的次子，1969年出生于马什哈德。
他的童年时期正值其父阿里·哈梅内伊崛起为反对沙阿·穆罕默德·礼萨·巴列维君主制的革命领袖。
1979年伊斯兰革命后，阿里·哈梅内伊从一名持不同政见的宗教人士晋升为高级政府官员，担任过包括国防部副部长在内的多个要职。
哈梅内伊一家从马什哈德迁居德黑兰，穆杰塔巴就读于阿拉维高中，这所学校以培养伊朗政治和宗教精英而闻名。
他在那里接受了普通教育和宗教教育，并于1987年毕业。1989年，阿亚图拉鲁霍拉·霍梅尼去世后，阿里·哈梅内伊被任命为最高领袖。
同年，穆杰塔巴在德黑兰开始接受正规的神职人员培训。他师从父亲以及后来担任伊朗首席大法官的马哈茂德·哈希米·沙赫鲁迪。
多年来，穆杰塔巴经常陪伴在父亲身边，也被认为是一位幕后有影响力的人物。
在上周接受Axios采访时，当被问及有关穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊将成为新任最高领袖的报道时，唐纳德·特朗普总统表示：“哈梅内伊的儿子是我无法接受的。我们想要的是一位能够为伊朗带来和谐与和平的人。”特朗普还说：“他们是在浪费时间。哈梅内伊的儿子是个无足轻重的人物。我必须参与任命，就像当年任命委内瑞拉的德尔西·罗德里格斯一样。”
2019年，美国根据第13867号行政命令对穆杰塔巴·哈梅内伊实施制裁。美国财政部表示，他一直以官方身份代表最高领袖，但“从未被选举或任命担任过任何政府职务，除了在其父办公室工作之外。”
财政部还表示，最高领袖已将部分领导职责委托给了穆杰塔巴。
财政部称，穆杰塔巴与伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队圣城旅和巴斯基抵抗部队的指挥官密切合作，这使他成为国内外安全事务的关键人物。
穆杰塔巴的妻子是伊朗前议长古拉姆·阿里·哈达德-阿德尔的女儿。
据报道，在阿里·哈梅内伊的儿子中，他被认为是权力最大、政治影响力最强的。
Iran’s Assembly of Experts has elected Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, according to Iranian state television.
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is the second-eldest son of Ali Khamenei and was born in Mashhad in 1969.
His early childhood coincided with his father’s rise as a revolutionary figurehead opposing the monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Ali Khamenei moved from a dissident cleric to a senior government official, holding key posts in the regime including deputy defense minister.
The family moved from Mashhad to Tehran, where Mojtaba attended Alavi High School, which is a school that is known for educating members of Iran’s political and religious elite.
There, he received a general and religious education and graduated in 1987. In 1989, after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Ali Khamenei was appointed supreme leader.
That same year, Mojtaba began his formal clerical studies in Tehran. He studied under his father as well as Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, who later served as Iran’s chief justice.
Over the years, Mojtaba was seen constantly with his father and was also regarded as an influential figure behind the scenes.
In an Axios interview last week, when asked about reports suggesting Mojtaba Khamenei was the new supreme leader, President Donald Trump said, “Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me. We want someone who will bring harmony and peace to Iran.” Trump also said “They are wasting their time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy [Rodriguez] in Venezuela.”
In 2019, the U.S. sanctioned Mojtaba Khamenei under Executive Order 13867. The U.S. Treasury Department stated that he had been “representing the supreme leader in an official capacity despite never being elected or appointed to a government position aside from work in the office of his father.”
The Treasury also said that the supreme leader had delegated part of his leadership responsibilities to Mojtaba.
It said he worked closely with commanders of the IRGC’s Quds Force and the Basij Resistance Force, positioning him as a key player in both domestic and international security affairs.
Mojtaba is married to the daughter of former Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel.
Among Ali Khamenei’s sons, he is considered the most powerful and politically influential,according toreports.