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U.S. intelligence shows Iran's late supreme leader was wary of his son taking power, sources say
C the BS News ^ | March 15, 2026 | Jennifer Jacobs

Posted on 03/16/2026 8:42:39 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie

U.S. intelligence has circulated to President Trump and to a small circle around him that Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had misgivings about his son replacing him, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

The analysis showed the elder Khamenei was wary of his son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, ever taking power because he was perceived as not very bright, and was viewed as unqualified to be leader, according to sources.

The information gathered also indicated that the father was aware that his son had issues in his personal life, according to sources within the administration, the intelligence community and people close to the president.

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was selected to become Iran's supreme leader last weekend by the country's council of religious clerics after serving as a close aide to his father for years.

About eight days earlier, Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli missile strike in the opening salvo of the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ayatoilet; ayatollah; gayatollahiran; hesfabulous; iran; mojtabakhamenei

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This guy seems like the perfect leader for the thuggish Iranian regime. We should not harm him.
1 posted on 03/16/2026 8:42:39 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: The_Media_never_lie

More garbage news...


2 posted on 03/16/2026 8:46:55 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Sounds like the perfect Democrat candidate.🙄


3 posted on 03/16/2026 8:50:33 AM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Yeah, I was just thinking of that old baseball thing where the visiting pitcher is getting clobbered. Manager heads for the mound and the home crowd chants, “Leave him in! Leave him in!”


4 posted on 03/16/2026 8:51:06 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I just read an unconfirmed report that his son was not very bright, and had issues with homosexual behavior. (not that it is wholly uncommon in that culture, considering what they do to women who engage in sexual affairs outside of marriage)

But if true, that means his son is wholly pliable, controllable, and has no moral compass, which seems perfect for a Islamic ruler in Iran.


5 posted on 03/16/2026 8:54:54 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Is it because he’s gay?


6 posted on 03/16/2026 8:55:36 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

He was wary about his son taking power because that would mean he would be dead.


7 posted on 03/16/2026 8:59:54 AM PDT by sipow
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To: Libloather

Not that there is anything wrong with that
😆


8 posted on 03/16/2026 9:00:57 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: rlmorel

And we know this... because the Epstein infused CIA “found it out”?

Ok...sure. Maybe...


9 posted on 03/16/2026 9:04:29 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: willk

If Mojtaba is gay, that’s a muslim death sentence.


10 posted on 03/16/2026 9:16:57 AM PDT by chopperk (,)
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To: DesertRhino

I’m hearing that father and son are/were both gay. Apparently it’s common knowledge in Iran and Afghanistan, where the father is from.

Word is that father Khomeini was even disciplined, as a young mullah, by his mosque in Afghanistan. He was getting too frisky in the showers with other clerics.


11 posted on 03/16/2026 9:49:01 AM PDT by jimtorr
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To: jimtorr

They had showers?


12 posted on 03/16/2026 10:08:38 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: DesertRhino

I did say it was unverified… But if true, it would not be surprising to me at all. They are after all one of the most sexually repressed cultures in the world, so this wouldn’t be out of line with that.


13 posted on 03/16/2026 10:54:15 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Mojtaba Khamenei’s newly revealed “personal problems” at least relieves one concern—Iran’s camels.


14 posted on 03/16/2026 11:02:41 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

Yes.

Golden showers.


15 posted on 03/16/2026 11:27:16 AM PDT by _longranger81
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