Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ‘very good links with the IRGC’
France 24
Interview, France 24,
Dr Hellyer told France 24's Jean-Emile Jammine that Iran's succession process must be understood within wartime decision-making. He said the debate over Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment is about institutional power inside the Islamic Republic, so his relationship with the IRGC is crucial.
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H.A. Hellyer, interview by Jean-Emile Jammine, “Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ‘very good links with the IRGC’,” France 24, 12 March 2026, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FJ8YsAOcww.
Hellyer, H.A. (2026, March 12). Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ‘very good links with the IRGC’ [Interview by Jean-Emile Jammine]. France 24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FJ8YsAOcww
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