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Iran’s Supreme Leader Appointee Mojtaba Khamenei Stays Unseen
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- Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader after a U.S.-Israel strike.
- Six months later he has given no public interview or new photograph.
- Relatives say he enjoys technology, start-ups, psychology and watches Christopher Nolan films.
- Security advisers warned releasing his voice or image could enable enemy tracking.
- He spent about 25 years in security, military and political roles since May 1997.