Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is still nowhere to be found. Neither Mojtaba's inauguration as supreme leader, nor even his father’s state funeral, were enough to pry him from the shadows even for a moment. Maybe the Islamic Republic doesn’t need a supreme leader. “Maybe there was a small group of people who thought, after Khamenei Sr. died, perhaps we don’t need a supreme leader. “He may be capable of approving selected decisions without being able to sustain the workload, movement or public exposure expected of a supreme leader.