Supreme leadership over Iran, currently the most dangerous office in the world, now seems to be a hereditary affair.
The Assembly of Experts — Iran’s deliberative body responsible for selecting the nation’s supreme leader — announced this week that the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be succeeded by his son, 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei.
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