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The supposed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has not been seen or heard since his father was killed. Now the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps appears to run both the state and the war.

Trump is telling people that he’s gay. This is worth taking seriously as a strategic communication rather than dismissing it as provocation or noise. If Trump is circulating the claim that Mojtaba Khamenei is gay, the first question Alliance Theory asks is what coalition function that claim serves. It is not primarily an intelligence disclosure. It is a weapon designed to operate inside the Islamic Republic’s own internal coalition logic. The Islamic Republic’s legitimacy rests on a specific architecture of moral authority. The Supreme Leader is not just a political figure. He is the Vali-e Faqih, the guardian jurist, the...

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...