Khamenei's Legacy: Wealth & Repression

0:00On March 2nd, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was assassinated on February 28th after ruling the country for 36 years and 8 months, the longest tenure of any leader in the Middle East. He said power in 1989, following the death of Ayatollah Rahola Khamenei, and left behind a record marked by widespread repression, and a massive business empire valued at around $95 billion. This empire was built through Saytad, an organization created just before Khamenei's death to execute his orders. Set at seas thousands of the properties from ordinary Iranians, often by claiming they were abandoned in court, and expanded into nearly every industry, from oil and telecom to even ostrich farming. Khamenei's control gave him vast financial power, rivaling Iran's former Shah, fueling his oversight of the nuclear program that drew strikes from the Broca, United States in Israel. He also backed terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah as part of what he called the Axis of

1:01Resistance. Meanwhile, his son Mochaba built his own hidden fortune through shell companies and middlemen, owning luxury mansions on London's billionaire's row. Villas in Dubai and hotels across Europe, all while dodging sanctions tied to his ties with Iran's revolutionary guards. It stands in sharp contrast to Iran's struggling economy in the suffering of its 93 million people under harsh crackdowns. On women, minorities and protesters, leaving a complicated power vacuum in Tehan today. Tehan, Tehan today. Tehan, Tehan today. Tehan, Tehan today. Tehan, Tehan today. Tehan, Tehan today.