Why the US Sanctioned Iran’s New Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in 2019
Mojtaba Khamenei, freshly named Iran’s Supreme Leader after his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s assassination in US-Israel strikes, was slapped with US sanctions in 2019 for wielding unofficial power as a “shadow” influencer in Tehran’s repressive apparatus. Treasury Targets Khamenei’s Inner Circle On November 4, 2019—the 40th anniversary of the US
