Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, warned against trying to appease Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Business Insider/LobeLog: Striking differences between the leadership styles of Saudi Arabia's crown prince and Iran's Ayatollah could decide the future of peace in the Middle East
* Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is positioning himself to become the most powerful ruler in Saudi history.
* His rise has been accompanied with a ratcheting up of hostilities against Iran.
* The leadership styles of 78-year-old Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 32-year-old MBS will decide the future of peace in the Middle East.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) is steadily consolidating power in Riyadh and positioning himself to become the most powerful ruler in Saudi history.
His rise has been accompanied with a ratcheting up of hostilities against Iran and even war rhetoric. As Saudi-Iran tensions increase, the lived experiences and leadership styles of the 78-year-old Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 32-year-old MBS will decide the future of peace and stability in the region.
Before Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei was a political activist who opposed the dictatorship of the Shah and endured 15 years of prison, torture, and exile. He rose through the revolutionary ranks after the revolution and in 1981, was elected president.
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WNU Editor: Two complete opposites. But Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is in his late 70s and he has a history of cancer. The future always belong to the young .... even though they may not deserve it.
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