Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a high-ranking member of the Iranian theocracy who sits on several of its highest governing bodies, on Friday demanded the execution of protesters and made threats against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Khatami is a belligerent hardline cleric and close associate of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who personally appointed him to several important positions. Khatami holds seats on the Assembly of Experts, the 88-member clerical body that elects the Supreme Leader, and the Guardian Council, the 12-member body that controls who is allowed to run in Iran’s sham “elections.”
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