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Who is Iran's New Supreme Leader and What Does He Believe?

CONFLICTED

An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.

Iran has chosen its new Supreme Leader: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the recently assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei. Who is he? What does he believe? And most importantly, is his coming to power the fulfilment of ancient prophecy?

Aimen and Thomas discuss:

 Mojtaba's youth and his experience fighting in the Iran-Iraq War as a 17 year old

 How he became his father's primary gatekeeper, and how he used this to amass great power and wealth

 Mojtaba's self-belief: that he is "the Khorasani", a long-expected End Times figure in Shia eschatology

 The long story of Islamic apocalypticism and how the Islamic Republic has used medieval prophecies to justify its ambitions

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