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Posted on 03/08/2026 2:33:23 PM PDT by Cronos
Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the country’s slain supreme leader, as his father’s successor, according to a statement from top clerics published on state media. His ascension, announced early Monday morning, signals the government’s desire for continuity as Iran faces expanding attacks from the United States and Israel nine days into the war.
Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was appointed by a committee of senior Shiite clerics after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the highest authority in the country for more than three decades, was killed in an airstrike during the opening blow of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. He is known for having close ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and takes the helm not just as Iran’s new religious and political authority but also as the commander in chief of its armed forces.
Israel’s military has been threatening to kill whoever succeeds Ayatollah Khamenei, and President Trump has called the younger Khamenei an “unacceptable” choice. Before the announcement, he warned in an ABC News interview on Sunday that the next supreme leader “is not going to last long” without the approval of the United States.
There was no sign of an offramp for the war, as fears mounted that the fighting would broaden across the Middle East. In a sign that American officials are aware of growing risks in the region, the State Department told American diplomats to prepare to leave Saudi Arabia, according to current and former U.S. officials.
The U.S. and Israeli militaries bombarded Iranian military targets and energy facilities. Water desalination plants also came under attack in Iran and on the Persian Gulf island of Bahrain over the weekend, as strikes on civilian infrastructure threatened to affect the lives of millions of people.
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You’d have to be crazy to apply for that position. I saw a report somewhere that he was wounded.
I thought the son was killed later.
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Let’s start a pool.
Its like volunteering for a drug boat in the Caribbean
Pic of Mojtaba or it didn’t happen.
Does he have an easy smile and enjoys poetry like his late father?🙄
What a joke.
Supposedly impotent.
First, I heard he was killed. Later that same day, I heard he was badly wounded. Now? Who knows.
Maybe Mojtaba has been sequested for reasons of urgently wanting to hire Body Doubles.
“Do people often tell you that you look ‘Just Like’ Our Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenini? Have we got a job 4 you! Contact immediately! No interview needed, just send a recent photo! Only MEN Can Apply!”
I was once told I looked just like a character in Northern Exposure... :^)
I heard of the show, but never watched it.
Which character? Were they right, is there a resemblance?
I never watched it either. I think they said I looked like the radio DJ?
Oh, that’s good!
Dead Atatollah Walking
Mojito Supremo.
How stupid can you be? Radical Islam created this mess. It will not make it better.
Our media is going to make a hero of him.😡
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