Speaking the day after Mojtaba Khamenei was named supreme leader, he says Ali Khamenei spent 15 years preparing his son, who was effectively the second figure in the leader's office, but that Mojtaba lacks his father's standing and the office's structure has been disrupted by the killing of key figures. He argues that a circle of IRGC commanders, with Vahidi and Ghalibaf managing affairs, now holds real power, while President Pezeshkian has been sidelined.