This is a huge warning about how much the Overton window can move…

Abdolreza Davari, a politician close to Mojtaba Khamenei, said in public statements and in interviews with The New York Times that if Mr. Khamenei did succeed his father, he could emerge as a figure in the style of the Saudi Arabian leader Mohammed bin Salman.

“He is extremely progressive and will move to sideline the hard-liners,” Mr. Davari said in a text message before the war. “See his appointment as a shedding of skin.”