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Mojtaba Khamenei

Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present

A Shia cleric and son of the previous Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, he took over the country's top post in 2026.

Mojtaba Khamenei sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly traditional on culture and strongly nationalist on nation.

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Where Mojtaba Khamenei sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Mojtaba Khamenei

Charlemagne King of the Franks and Emperor, 768 to 81486%António de Oliveira Salazar Prime Minister of Portugal, 1932 to 196885%Francisco Franco Ruler of Spain, 1939 to 197581%Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 171579%Augustus First Roman Emperor, 27 BCE to 14 CE78%Haile Selassie Emperor of Ethiopia, 1930 to 197477%

Leaders furthest from Mojtaba Khamenei

José Mujica President of Uruguay, 2010 to 20155%Mahatma Gandhi Leader of the Indian independence movement5%Václav Havel President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, 1989 to 20038%

Political views closest to Mojtaba Khamenei

MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…79%FalangismA Spanish fascist-inspired movement stressing nation, Catholicism and corporatist unity.75%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…73%

Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions. Including a person here is for historical study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.