One of the most interesting profiles I've read on Ali Khamenei, tracing his intellectual/ideological journey while untangling the succession dilemmas he leaves behind.
By scholar of Iranian intellectual history Mehrzad Boroujerdi for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Iranians are left to reckon with the political order the supreme leader shaped, while the impending succession places the Islamic republic’s future in question
