It's being reported that
Britain has reportedly Frozen $1.6B assets of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's supreme leader
The article says
Payvand.com - Unsourced reports are circulating that British banks have frozen $1.6 billion in funds belonging to Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the supreme leader. This supposed affront is cited as another reason for displeasure with Britain in high places in Iran.
"The total assets frozen in the UK under the EU (European Union) and UN sanctions against Iran are approximately 976,110,000 pounds," Ian Pearson, Britain's Economic Secretary to the Treasury said in a written statement to parliament on Thursday.
The statement did not give any further details.
Mojtaba Khamenei has emerged as one of the driving forces behind the government's crackdown, diplomats and observers said, as reported in a Guardian article published on June 22nd. Also, according to some Iran analysts, Khamenei, 70, is maneuvering to position his son as his successor.
Now i've no idea about the validity of this report. But the idea of the son of a cleric being a billionaire is a bit more imperial than republican. Brings us back to that idea of this being a clash between a caliphate and a republic. With Rafsanjani as a Cato the Elder.
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