Vice President Mokhber will serve as the leader of Iran: what is known about him
Date: 2024-05-20 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WORLD
After the death of Ibrahim Raisi, the country's first vice-president, Mohammad Mokhber, will serve as the acting president of Iran. According to the Iranian constitution, early presidential elections must be held within 50 days. Reuters writes about this.
It is known that Mokhber was born on September 1, 1955. Like Raisi, he is considered close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who decides all state affairs. The man also became the first vice president in 2021 when Raisi was elected president.
It is noted that Mokhber, together with senior officials and members of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, visited Russia in October 2022 in order to complete a deal to send martyrs and surface-to-surface missiles to Moscow to provide support during the Russian invasion of Ukraine .
It is also reported that Mokhber was the head of the Setad investment fund, which is linked to the supreme leader. In 2010, the European Union included Mokhber on a list of individuals and entities it has sanctioned for possible involvement in “activities related to nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles.” Two years later he was removed from the list. Already in 2013, the US Department of the Treasury added the Setad fund and 37 companies controlled by it to the list of entities subject to sanctions.
“The Setad, whose full name is Setad Ejraiye Farmaneh Hazrate Emam, or the Headquarters for the Execution of the Order of the Imam, was created by order of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Khamenei’s predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He ordered assistants to sell and manage property allegedly abandoned in the chaotic years after the Islamic Revolution. revolution of 1979, and direct most of the proceeds to charity," Reuters added.
According to Wikipedia, Mokhber has two doctoral degrees, as well as a doctoral research work (I master's degree) in international law. In addition, he received a master's and doctorate degrees in management. He also served as an officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards' medical corps during the Iran-Iraq War.
