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Multiple U.S. sources told CBS News that intelligence circulated to President Trump showed Ali Khamenei privately questioned his son Mojtaba’s qualifications, as Mojtaba was named supreme leader after his father’s death in an Israeli strike.

U.S. intelligence assessed that Ali Khamenei viewed his son Mojtaba as not qualified to be Iran’s supreme leader, according to multiple sources.
The assessment said the elder Khamenei was aware of personal issues affecting his son.
Mojtaba Khamenei was selected by Iran’s council of clerics to become supreme leader days after Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli missile strike.
President Trump and a small group of senior officials were briefed on the intelligence.
The White House sees the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as effectively directing Iran amid uncertainty over succession.

U.S. intelligence indicates Ali Khamenei doubted his son’s fitness to lead

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