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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,705 posts) Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:30 PM 18 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 18 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 17 hrs ago #1

Diaper Don's always winning! wolfie001 15 hrs ago #2

Oh, he won't have a chip on his shoulder or anything. LudwigPastorius 15 hrs ago #3

So the US and Israel will keep playing whack a mole? fujiyamasan 15 hrs ago #4

I have yet to hear about this on mass media. Firestorm49 4 hrs ago #5

The mass media exists for propaganda fujiyamasan 8 min ago #8

I used to work with a guy named Mojtaba SpankMe 4 hrs ago #6

As I said to one Trumper who was praising Trump for "freeing" the people of Iran . . . markpkessinger 13 min ago #7

AZJonnie

(3,505 posts)

1. If he is going to go by the moniker Ayatollah Khamenei it might just break the last vestiges of IQ47's sanity

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:54 PM

17 hrs ago

Here's hoping

wolfie001

(7,494 posts)

2. Diaper Don's always winning!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:25 PM

15 hrs ago

By the way, isn't it obvious that Nut-And-Yahoo has the Kompromat on that fat orange imbecile? Again,

LudwigPastorius

(14,524 posts)

3. Oh, he won't have a chip on his shoulder or anything.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:33 PM

15 hrs ago

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

fujiyamasan

(1,536 posts)

4. So the US and Israel will keep playing whack a mole?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:49 PM

15 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.

Firestorm49

(4,533 posts)

5. I have yet to hear about this on mass media.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:06 AM

4 hrs ago

I read about it here on DU early yesterday. No mention of it by David Muir or Morning Joe - at least not when I watched early this morning.

fujiyamasan

(1,536 posts)

8. The mass media exists for propaganda

Reply to Firestorm49 (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:45 PM

8 min ago

Don’t expect anything but jingoistic bullshit from it.

They’re there to convince you Trump is a strong and bold leader and we’re always winning.

SpankMe

(3,688 posts)

6. I used to work with a guy named Mojtaba

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:25 AM

4 hrs ago

Not the same guy, though. He asked to be called Moji. He was a very nice guy.

markpkessinger

(8,897 posts)

7. As I said to one Trumper who was praising Trump for "freeing" the people of Iran . . .

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:40 PM

13 min ago

"We haven't "freed" anyone. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard is still very much in control of Iran. And it looks like they intend to make Khamenei's son -- a man whose father, wife, son, sister and brother-in-law in Trump's attack. How amenable to American interests do you suppose he'll be?"

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