REPORT: Mojtaba Khamenei’s Father Did Not Want ‘Impotent’ Son To Become Supreme Leader

Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard forced Mojtaba Khamenei into power as the country’s new supreme leader despite resistance from clerics, opposition figures and even his late father, according to an expert with ties to Iranian intelligence.

The reluctant succession followed the death of longtime ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran earlier this month, throwing the Islamic Republic into turmoil.

“In Khamenei’s will, he explicitly asked Mojtaba not to be named as successor,” expert Khosro Isfahani told The Post.

“In Khamenei’s will, he explicitly asked Mojtaba not to be named as successor,” said Khosro Isfahani, a research director for the opposition group National Union for Democracy with ties to Iranian intelligence.

“Mojtaba is an impotent young cleric who has achieved nothing in terms of political life,” Isfahani said, explaining that the late Khamenei believed his son lacked the experience or ability to run the country.

“All these years, he has been nothing without his father’s name,” he added.

According to Isfahani, Mojtaba’s rise was not the result of a clean vote by Iran’s powerful clerical body tasked with choosing the next supreme leader.

Instead, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps allegedly pressured members of the Assembly of Experts during deliberations last week and ultimately forced the outcome.

Mojtaba reportedly failed to win a majority of support from the council but was installed anyway, with several clerics boycotting the meeting where the decision was finalized.

“The Assembly of Experts that was supposed to pick the replacement of Khamenei didn’t vote for Mojtaba,” Isfahani said. “There was a lot of pushback against him, but under pressure from the IRGC, he was named as the successor.”

The move also put Tehran at odds with President Donald Trump, who had previously warned against the younger Khamenei taking power.

“I’m not happy with him,” the president told The Post from Florida after Mojtaba’s appointment Sunday.

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Trump had earlier signaled that Iran should not select a new leader without Washington’s approval, telling Axios that no one would hold power in Tehran unless he agreed.

“We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran,” the president said.

“They are wasting their time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight,” he told the outlet, also telling ABC that Iran’s new leader is “not going to last long” without US approval.

Mojtaba Khamenei (Wiki Commons)

Reports indicate Trump is also weighing more aggressive options if the new regime refuses to comply with U.S. demands.

Those demands include abandoning Iran’s nuclear weapons program entirely, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited current and former U.S. officials.

Any strike against Mojtaba would likely involve Israeli forces, similar to the devastating Feb. 28 operation in Tehran that killed his father.

At least 49 senior Iranian officials were killed in that attack, which helped trigger the current conflict as U.S. and Israeli strikes continue to pound targets across Iran.

The blast also killed Mojtaba’s mother, wife and son. Iranian media reports say he was injured in the strike, though the extent of his wounds remains unclear.

Mojtaba, 56, has never held elected office but spent decades operating behind the scenes inside his father’s regime, helping advance the Islamic Republic’s hardline agenda.

Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables from the 2000s described him as “the power behind the robes,” particularly during a period when he was accused of helping manipulate Iran’s presidential elections to secure victories for regime loyalists.

Whether Mojtaba will seek cooperation with Washington remains unclear. Some analysts believe his appointment was meant to signal defiance after the killing of Iran’s longtime leader.

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“They see him as a puppet — a blank canvas that they can paint anything on,” Isfahani said of the IRGC and its designs for Mojtaba.

Leaked diplomatic cables also revealed deeply personal struggles for the new ruler. Mojtaba reportedly underwent repeated treatment for impotence after his marriage and had difficulty conceiving children.

Israel has warned that any Iranian leader continuing Tehran’s support for terrorism would remain a legitimate military target.

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