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Dead or dying? Power behind Iran’s Ayatollah being shifted to son Mojtaba Khamenei
NOQ Report ^ | December 6, 2020 | Chastity Mansfield

Posted on 12/06/2020 7:49:19 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Unconfirmed reports from Iran say the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, returned his soul to his maker. According to the same reports, an official announcement will be made only after the transfer of powers to his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, are completed.

Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, 81, was the supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei is the longest serving head of state in the Middle East, as well as the second-longest serving Iranian leader of the last century, after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Reports on Saturday suggested that doctors from the Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran were rushed to the supreme leader’s home, and that some of his powers were being transferred to his son.

Mojtaba Khamenei played a leading role in orchestrating Ahmadinejad’s electoral victory, and that he was a key figure in orchestrating the crackdown against anti-government protesters in June 2009. He is reputed to be in charge of the paramilitary, clandestine Basij. In 2009, Mehdi Karroubi, former chairman of the Iranian parliament and a reformist candidate in the 2009 presidential vote, explicitly accused Mojtaba Khamenei of participating in a conspiracy to rig the election.

The ultra-conservative clerics have helped maintain the iron grip the Ayatollah has held in the nation since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, but moderates and mainstream factions have been pushing for a more democratic form of government with power transferred to the president and the Islamic Consultative Assembly, their version of a parliament. If the Ayatollah is dead or nearing death, it would behoove the current theocratic leaders to avoid a vacuum in power by installing Motjaba Khamenei immediately.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1981; 1989; 200906; 202012; ayatollah; basij; electionrigging; greenrevolution; iran; khamenei; motjabakhamenei

1 posted on 12/06/2020 7:49:19 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Very bad timing for the mullahs, coming right after Mossad’s brilliant assasination of their top nuke scientist.


2 posted on 12/06/2020 7:53:17 PM PST by montag813
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To: montag813
Wictor said he wasn't assassinated. It's a cover story.

He was snuck out of the country and got asylum somewhere.

3 posted on 12/06/2020 7:55:18 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

he’s dead, Jim.


4 posted on 12/06/2020 7:56:44 PM PST by BipolarBob (You can always pay half the poor to kill the other half. - Boss Tweed, Gangs of New York)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well, do we send flowers or not?


5 posted on 12/06/2020 7:56:47 PM PST by Ben Hecks (Don't Google it - Duck it!)
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To: Ben Hecks

“ Well, do we send flowers or not?”
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Do Daisy Cutters count as flowers?


6 posted on 12/06/2020 7:58:36 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, “The Weapon Shops of Isher”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.


7 posted on 12/06/2020 8:04:59 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Donald J. Trump.....one of the BEST presidents in American history!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Power behind Iran’s Ayatollah being shifted to son Mojtaba Khamenei

Moving the target, or...

Sacrificial lamb.
8 posted on 12/06/2020 8:15:21 PM PST by adorno
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’ll be very disconcerted to find himself standing before Jesus.


9 posted on 12/06/2020 8:30:44 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Ancesthntr

Something brisant might be nice...and get their complete attention!


10 posted on 12/06/2020 8:35:38 PM PST by W. (And now, more music, and Les Nessman!)
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To: Ben Hecks

We should. That will prevent any attempt by the Ayatollahs to deflect attention by blaming the great satan.

Soon the Ayatollahs will fall


11 posted on 12/06/2020 9:00:33 PM PST by Cronos
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

When he takes power he may try to strike US targets to show that he us finally in charge.


12 posted on 12/06/2020 9:29:36 PM PST by cquiggy
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To: Cronos
Soon the Ayatollahs will fall

8/09/2020: Iran’s Pact With China Is Bad News for the West

13 posted on 12/06/2020 9:59:25 PM PST by MacNaughton
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Wictor said he wasn't assassinated. It's a cover story.

He was snuck out of the country and got asylum somewhere.


He's 81. He probably finally just died of old age ChinaVirus.
14 posted on 12/06/2020 10:07:34 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: MacNaughton

Thanks, but I’m basing my statement on the people’s reaction to the Ayatollahs. IRan is increasingly atheist and even 8% have become Zoroastrian. The government is desperately signing a deal with China as they know their time is up.

The US not interfering is perfect - the government cannot blame the USA for the ills facing the IRanian people


15 posted on 12/06/2020 10:21:51 PM PST by Cronos
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He was reportedly fighting cancer for a few years.


16 posted on 12/07/2020 4:09:13 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: cquiggy

More smoking shoes


17 posted on 12/07/2020 4:18:37 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The ultra-conservative clerics....
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Another jab at freedom loving conservatives. One could say Hitler was a ultra conservative Nazi and Stalin was an ultra conservative Communist and so on...


18 posted on 12/07/2020 9:15:40 AM PST by mund1011
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