Posted on 03/21/2026 5:41:05 PM PDT by Libloather
Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, hasn’t been seen since the Feb. 28 strikes that blew up his father, baffling US and Israeli officials as to his current whereabouts and whether he’s actually running the Iranian regime.
Since the strikes that took out Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the younger Khamenei has issued two written statements, but no one has so much as heard his voice.
It’s left Iranians speculating whether he’s even alive — and earned him the moniker “the cardboard ayatollah” — after an AI-generated video of supporters hailing a cardboard cutout of him went viral.
But intelligence from both the CIA and Israel’s Mossad — like evidence regime officials in Tehran have been trying to schedule in-person meetings with Khamenei — suggest he’s alive.
His whereabouts and condition though — he was wounded in the opening strikes of the war that took out his father — remain a puzzling mystery.
The White House’s national security team is trying to figure out if the younger Khamenei, 56, is actually the one in charge — and if not, who is, a US official told Axios.
“We have no evidence that he is really the one giving orders,” a senior Israeli official told Axios.
“It’s beyond weird,” a US official added. “We don’t think the Iranians would have gone through all this trouble to choose a dead guy as the supreme leader, but at the same time, we have no proof that he is taking the helm.”
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Probably using an autopen like the dems did with biden.
He is in a hospital bed and incapacitated by most accounts. The IRGC has likely kept him as a named leader just to deflect from finding out who is the real leader.
The IRGC is in control right now. Mahyar Tousi thinks they named this guy as Supreme Leader because he basically is a Joe Biden. They’ve never proven he’s ever said anything to anybody but they can “get him to say” anything they want.
Mahyar Tousi thinks they named this guy as Supreme Leader because he basically is a Joe Biden. T
Or Hirohito, who became Tojo’s rubber stamp, because he know Tojo would “un-alive” him if he didn’t go along.
Weekend at Mojtaba’s.
😆
Some talking head said that he’s not the Supreme Leader. He’s the Fabulous Leader.
** the Biden approach. **
Weekend at Brandon’s or Bernie’s.
Invite Z and Oneleg.
2 are still alive. They can play 4-sided checkers. Might be a long wait when it’s
Bernie’s turn or Oneleg’s turn
“WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S -—WRIT LARGE & GLOBAL”
good one.
However, Babylong Bee is quite sure that Ayatollah Baby is Gay and devastated that his 72 virgina are all women.
Thought he was vacationing in Moscow...?
Axios could have reported that the Iranian military is trying to figure out the exact same thing, with about the same amount of research and time spent on wondering what the White House national security team is wondering... A better story would be on how Axios gets money to pay for reporters to write anything.
Will Dr. Jill go over there to prop him up and show him where to exit the stage?
Since we found out it’s likely he’s homosexual, I’d guess he is rotting in a hole in the ground and someone else is pulling the strings and making the “statements”....
Who is in charge now? Putin.
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