Posted on 03/09/2026 7:18:54 PM PDT by know.your.why
Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Iran’s new supreme leader, succeeding his father just more than a week after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes.
A statement from the Assembly of Experts — the panel of Shia clerics responsible under Iranian law for choosing the country’s top leader — said Mojtaba Khamenei had been selected as the third leader of the Islamic Republic, according to reports from IRIB state TV and the Fars, Tasnim and ISNA news agencies.
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, the second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is widely viewed as a hard-line figure with close ties to the powerful Revolutionary Guard. Israel has already described him as a potential target, while President Donald Trump had called him “unacceptable.”
The younger Khamenei had been considered a potential leader prior to the American-Israeli attack that killed his father, though the idea was not universally popular given the 1979 toppling of the U.S.-backed hereditary monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Has Alan Parsons won sang
I wouldn’t want to be like you
What’s the Over/ Under date on the betting lines?
Imagine Hitler had an aspiring son? Our news outlets would endorse him in an Auschwitz second.
Not much of a payout in the Death Pool.
From what I’m reading, this guy is not an ayatollah, so he can’t issue fatwas or claim an spiritual leadership. His father, mother and wife were all killed by US/Israeli bombing, so I doubt he’s going to be willing to make any deals with the US, but at the same time, he is just a figure-head for the IRGC, which is in charge at this point. He may not have much to say about anything.
Assembly of Experts? New Supreme Leader? These people are truly insane!
Yes, there’s a rumor he’s dead already. 😏
“Yes, there’s a rumor he’s dead already.”
Yes. Here is where it started:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4370068/posts?page=10#10
I get the feeling that Hegseth and Trump are having a little fun with this Whack-A-Mole game they’re playing.
And Iran’s succession plan pretty much sucks.
Poor schmuck got the short straw, eh. Sucks to be you, Mojito.
It’s important that they take this guy out. He is a hard liner and having him there creates the optic that nothing has changed and the Mullahs are still in control.
Absolutely! Take ‘em all out until there are no more regime-related ragheads remaining. It would be great to see the people living free lives.
Rats. I read it that he had been killed after being appointed.
They had a cardboard cutout for the meeting.
Iran’s new supreme leader, formerly known as Mojtaba Khamenei...
I read somewhere this morning that he just had one of his legs amputated, due to an injury from the first-day bombing. And that he may not even know he’s been promoted.
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