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How supreme is Iran's new supreme leader?


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Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed on the first day of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran in February. His son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was quickly picked as the successor. But since his ascent to power, there has been no audio or video of him — only statements attributed to him. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports that evidence suggests the new supreme leader of Iran has been seriously injured and has nowhere near the power his late father had.

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