| Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is still nowhere to be found. |
| He vanished when his father and predecessor as supreme leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was assassinated in a U.S.-Israeli strike back in February, and has remained “out of office” ever since. Neither Mojtaba’s inauguration as supreme leader, nor even his father’s state funeral, were enough to pry him from the shadows even for a moment. |
| Take all reports at face value, and you’ll find a Khamenei Jr. that is disfigured and legless, but lightly injured. In Iran, and also in Moscow. Powerless, and still running the country from behind the scenes. Dead, and alive. A real Schrödingerian treat. |
| Either way, his absence continues to complicate Tehran’s efforts to govern and negotiate a ceasefire with the White House…or does it? |
| Maybe the Islamic Republic doesn’t need a supreme leader. Not a real one, anyway.
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