Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was tapped to assume control of the country by Iran’s Assembly of experts, Iranian International reported Tuesday.
Motjaba is known for a staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism, and has close ties to Iran’s notoriously brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military body, according to CNN.
Ah, ok. I do wonder if at least the general divide between people opting to stay out of Tehran verus in the city is there with respect to being against or for the government. I could believe a bunch of people just want to make a living, but of those that support or reject the government, is there a divide between rural and urban?
I would say generally they are more religious which somewhat correlates with backing the regime. But then again, I wouldn’t categorize anywhere as a conservative or liberal stronghold.
I think the lens of “conservative” versus “liberal” is a fairly narrow and contextual one in general anyway… It’s ‘good enough’ in American politics but even then…