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Mojtaba Khamenei

Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present

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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: leaning state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly traditional on culture and strongly religious on religion.

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Where Mojtaba Khamenei sits on ten dimensions

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

💰EconomyLeaning 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
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Mojtaba Khamenei

IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…93%MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…89%IntegralismA Catholic view that political authority should serve the Church's spiritual aims.88%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.87%

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