He is the grandson of an influential Shiite cleric, born in Qom, the heart of religious studies in Iran, and raised in a traditional family that embraced the theocracy

He is the grandson of an influential Shiite cleric, born in Qom, the heart of religious studies in Iran, and raised in a traditional family that embraced the theocracy Link A bitterly divided Iran grapples with Khamenei’s legacy as he is laid CAIRO: He is the grandson of an influential Shiite cleric, born in Qom — the heart of religious studies in Iran — and raised in a traditional family that embraced the theocracy. But by his late 20s