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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,695 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:30 PM 8 hrs ago

Iran Reportedly Chooses New Supreme Leader With Familiar Name

Source: Mediaite

The Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly chosen its new supreme leader.

According to Iran International, a Persian-language outlet based out of London, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, was been selected for the role by the regime’s Assembly of Experts “under pressure from” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Tuesday.

Khamenei’s father perished in the initial wave of American and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets over the weekend. He had ruled the country with an iron fist since 1989, establishing a reputation for himself as one of the world’s most brutal dictators and his country as the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism.

CNN had previously reported that the younger Khamenei “is known to wield significant influence behind the scenes and has strong links with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the most powerful military body in the country, as well as its Basij volunteer paramilitary force.”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/breaking-iran-reportedly-chooses-supreme-215810893.html

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Iran Reportedly Chooses New Supreme Leader With Familiar Name (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 8 hrs ago OP
If he is going to go by the moniker Ayatollah Khamenei it might just break the last vestiges of IQ47's sanity AZJonnie 7 hrs ago #1
Diaper Don's always winning! wolfie001 5 hrs ago #2
Oh, he won't have a chip on his shoulder or anything. LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #3
So the US and Israel will keep playing whack a mole? fujiyamasan 4 hrs ago #4

AZJonnie

(3,504 posts)
1. If he is going to go by the moniker Ayatollah Khamenei it might just break the last vestiges of IQ47's sanity
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:54 PM
7 hrs ago

Here's hoping

wolfie001

(7,493 posts)
2. Diaper Don's always winning!
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:25 PM
5 hrs ago
By the way, isn't it obvious that Nut-And-Yahoo has the Kompromat on that fat orange imbecile? Again,

LudwigPastorius

(14,523 posts)
3. Oh, he won't have a chip on his shoulder or anything.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:33 PM
5 hrs ago

Outstanding job on the "regime change" there, Donald!

fujiyamasan

(1,531 posts)
4. So the US and Israel will keep playing whack a mole?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:49 PM
4 hrs ago

I still haven’t got the faintest idea what the end goal is here… is it to destroy and completely overturn the Islamic revolution? Good luck, those zealots have completely entrenched themselves into every aspect of society.

Anyone thinking we can declare victory and leave now is delusional. Because all of this will repeat again. There is no way the son of the assassinated ayatollah is going to give in. This is only going to get worse.

Netanyahu and Trump have no idea what they’ve got all of us into. It’s great for Israel, as long as they get attacked they get our tax $$$. Nice to have another country subsidize your society, including universal healthcare.

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