(Iran’s new leader)
Posted on 03/08/2026 7:58:38 PM PDT by Morgana
Defiant Iran hardliners rejoiced this morning as Ali Khamenei's son was named the new Supreme Leader - while vowing to increase missile attacks on infrastructure.
Mojtaba Khamenei, excluded from a list of three senior clerics his father reportedly identified last year, was on Sunday announced as the Ayatollah's successor after being appointed by the regime's 88-person assembly.
The leader has strong links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and was chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts 'under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards', according to Iranian media.
And the 56-year-old Khamenei's potential impact on the escalating conflict in the Middle East was laid bare in the moments after his succession was confirmed, with videos showing regime supporters chanting his name and urging more strikes.
Large crowds in Tehran waved Iranian flags and shouted, 'Allahu Akbar, Khamenei Rahbar', meaning: 'God is great, Khamenei is the leader.'
More ominous still, the Iranian military vowed to respond to any Israeli attacks on the country's energy infrastructure by striking oil sites across the region - after Israel targeted reserves the night before.
'The governments of Islamic countries are expected to warn the criminal America and the savage Zionist regime of such cowardly, inhumane actions as soon as possible,' Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for Iran's central military command told state TV.
'Otherwise, similar measures will be taken in the region, and if you can tolerate oil at more than $200 per barrel, continue this game.'
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too bad they didn’t choose Mamdani
yes of course, the imams have wargamed this perfectly and Trump’s made all the mistakes. perfect planning to have “sunk” so much of the obama payoff into their navy. Bottoms up!
Dead man walking.
“How long will it take Israel to off the guy?”
Does the term “Succession Plan” not mean anything to you all? There is one waiting in the wings waiting to take his place just as this man was waiting when his father was killed.
It’s like trying to cut off the head of the Lernaean Hydra.
😊 Could very well be. I was watching Erick Stakelbeck, and someone wrote in, and called it whack a mullah. I liked that one.
Will London give him protection and fast internet to help him run Iran?
He could give “Fifteen minutes of fame” a new meaning.
Yes it is. I wonder what these nut cases think, deep in their hearts, when their job description practically requires them to “commit” suicide?
I am thinking it’s possible that if they refuse the offer, they might get killed faster than they would have, by Israel.
Yes, soon to be the old boss— in pieces for the religion of pieces, the death cult. What idiots these suicidal braggarts are. Remember, suicidal. Let’s help them realize it, without harming our brave blessed armed forces.
Targeting currently, and on many more well studied targets and places. Let the free non-mullahcracy Iranians decided their government. No more of these monsters.
These guys are like the Monty Python players. “’Tis just a flesh wound here in Iran.”
“We don’t need an air force or navy. Go ahead and wipe our military off the face of the Earth. We will SHOW YOU ! Our dedicated fighters know Tai Chi Walking. We ain’t a bit skeered.”
Yep, the lunatic scum is running circles around Trump and the US military. We might as well slink home in humiliation while those prodigious masterminds might still let us. Eye roll...
not sure what hes taking over...the place is decimated, No defense at all. USA is getting very good at taking leaders out...Solomeinhi, Maduro..this guys daddy. Trump could claim victory now and US and Israel could just sit back and keep killing their leaders. The military leaders will eventually get tired of it and stage a coupe, and thats the end of that.
number 1, China is not getting the oil they need...and number 2, theyll be out of missles and drones long before interceptors.
ANYONE SELLING HIM LIFE INSURANCE???
This guy?
Send in a few hundred C130 Gunships and start eliminating the IRGC ragheads.
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