Iran Supreme Leader's dad feared his son 'too stupid to lead', US intel sources claim

Mojtaba Khamenei now leads Iran after his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in a missile strike, but US intelligence sources told CBS the former leader viewed his son as not very bright and unqualified


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