Whoever made that should work on Madison Avenue. It's quite innovative, really. Ditch the Muzzies, pal, you've got talent. You don't need those guys.
Posted on 03/11/2026 12:43:59 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Iranian regime loyalists displayed a taped-together cardboard cutout of their new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who was reportedly injured in recent strikes and has not been seen since his elevation.
The makeshift stand-in appeared at a pro-regime rally in Tehran, where organizers brought the life-size cutout of Khamenei onto the stage, according to Israeli journalist Amit Segal. Regime loyalists hailed and swore allegiance to the cutout, which appeared crudely assembled and held together by strips of tape, Segal reported.
Khamenei has not appeared in public or issued a statement since being selected as Iran’s new supreme leader on Sunday following the death of his father, longtime leader Ali Khamenei, in the U.S.–Israeli strikes.
An Iranian official told Reuters Wednesday that Mojtaba Khamenei was "lightly injured" during the strikes, though the regime has offered few details about his condition while insisting he remains active behind the scenes. Reports indicate that Khamenei sustained injuries to his legs on the first day of the strikes.
Segal wrote that the injuries "must be quite serious if a cardboard ayatollah cuts a more commanding figure than a wheelchair-bound Khamenei."
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So the Bee article isn’t really satire:
https://babylonbee.com/news/tragedy-new-ayatollah-dead-after-being-accidentally-left-out-in-rain
These cardboard cutouts are the same as pagan idols of the past. And their supposedly sacred writings condemn the making and displaying of images; one even says that angels won’t even enter a house where any image is displayed . . .
Whoever made that should work on Madison Avenue. It's quite innovative, really. Ditch the Muzzies, pal, you've got talent. You don't need those guys.
Someone should fly over and drop a cardboard bomb on them.
I wish a cardboard cutout would have been an opinion in 2020 instead of an auto-pen.
Is Mojtaba Khamenei awaiting his cell assignment by allah/satan in hell? If not, maybe tomorrow.
Looks like a South Park character. “Derka derka...derka derka derka!”
He is probably dead.
ONE TOO MANY FEET—_EVEN ON THE CARDBOARD....
I think it would be even better if they dropped the real thing on it!
That would rattle their cage.
What’s the big deal? I have a cardboard cutout of Star Trek’s Marina Sirtis in my house. Oops. I meant a friend of mine does. But not me. That would be weird.
Yo! Iran! Stay in your lane. The Babylon Bee will handle the satire.
Rumor has it that the Iranians are consulting with the Democrat Party for guidance how a dead leader can lead (Biden) with the Media helping.
Brother Set cut Osiris into 14 pieces. Wife Isis managed to stich together 13 of them, replacing his phallus with one of gold.
Nowadays, they just use a cardboard dummy
Interesting that they didn’t tape an photo of someone wearing the robes to the photo of his head.
‘…that Mojtaba Khamenei was “lightly injured” during….’
What’s lightly, both arms & legs?
Is this where it came from?
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