Ayatollah Khamenei’s oldest son elected as supreme leader to replace his dad: report
(nypost.com)
from RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 22:44
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from RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 22:44
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Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was tapped to assume control of the country by Iran’s Assembly of experts, Iranian International reported Tuesday.
Motjaba is known for a staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism, and has close ties to Iran’s notoriously brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military body, according to CNN.
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Is that the regime change Trump and Netanyahoo wanted?
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Just when you think the orange was the worst…this guy tops them all…
It is so cosmically funny to me that he pulled that whole stunt with the jet only for the speech to be exclusively remembered as “The Mission Accomplished Speech”. Some people will have to google “george bush jet stunt” to know what I’m talking about, which is remarkable considering how hard they tried to make it a thing at the time.
I refuse to criticize anyone that decides to take a jet landing with an arrested stop on an aircraft carrier compared to just a simple helicopter landing. That’s cool as hell.
Everything else about this moment was stupid and misleading though.
Yes but it’s dumb as hell for a president to try to look cool as hell for the cameras before making a speech about a damn war he started.
Trump just wants to have his own Zero Dark Thirty moment.
That's the name of his underpants.
Nero Dork Turdy
They wanted monarchy. They’ve received monarchy
Nepotism™
If the goal was to create endless wars to avoid consequences, ig?
Bets on how long he lives?
Pretty sure theres a polymarket for this now ☠️ Horror world
polymarket.com/event/iran-leader-end-of-2026
Currently they’re giving him a 43% chance of still being the leader of Iran by the end of the year. So I suppose his chance of surviving at all is a little higher than that…
This dude is gonna be dead in a month. If I were a degenerate gambler I’d bet on that.
Be the change you want to see in the world buddy.
The odds on the current Khamenei still being in charge end of the year are trending down… and pretty quickly too. Could just be settling after the official announcement.
Nothing encapsulates the capitalistic moral decay of the modern world quite as much as this
Coups and assassinations aren’t just entertaining, but also very profitable (for anyone, not just corrupt aristocrats) now!
Someone set up an alert for new multi thousand dollar bets
I’m sure he’s now in some mile-deep bunker.
…and other brothers in other mile deep bunkers.
If he’s smart, he’ll stay anywhere BUT his own house.
Or any of the bunkers, or any administrative building. Also keep the fuck away from schools
I see they did decide on him in a REMOTE meeting (apparently leadership figured out that perhaps hanging out together in the same building wasn’t the smartest call)?
Was it a Teams meeting?
Pfft, about tomorrow lunchtime.
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I think this is the best this meme has ever been used. It’ll probably never be topped.
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Khomeini, then Khamenei…I thought it would be something like Khemienie next.
First one was Khomeini.
Oops, you’re right. Fixed.
🙏❤️
Kermit would’ve been more interesting.
Ayatollah Kermit
Much like the Sequels, there’s no long term plot for this war so bringing back familiar characters is easier on the audience. I expect to find out Soleimani survived and now has a pair of bionic legs.
Is the USA tired of winning yet? The rest of us would like to resume life as normal please.
“Elected”.
Yes, he was elected by the council who’s job it is to elect that position.
You see how that’s NOT election right? That’s just a group of elites appointing an heir.
He’s not a king, dude. I don’t love their system of government, where they give any share of power to religious representatives… but it is their system. They also do have elections for parliament and president. I don’t know much more than that, but it’s not like the ayatollah is an absolute monarch.
Every time I see someone say some wack ass shit and look to see their instance, it’s lemmy.ml
Something in the water
Every time I see someone complaining about .ml it’s because they can’t engage with reality.
what they said is completely factual and logica, whats your problem with that statement?
It’s still called an election. It’s just not democratic.
An election is not necessarily something done by the people. What you’re thinking of is called “universal suffrage”.
He wasn’t elected, rumors are that the clerics were pressured to vote for the son of the supreme leader…
Well that’s something else, but it doesnt change the fact thaft an election can be a small group of people electing a nation leader.
So? Like the head of state in some liberal democracies. For example, the Prime Minister (and the President of the Republic) in Italy.
you mean like the Shah?
Selected
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Incoming bombs on the new surpreme leader in 5…4…3…
I would call Trump new anymore and besides I doubt Iran could bomb the US mainland anyway.
NyPost? Really
Be careful not to read their comment section. I read a few and I think my IQ has dropped to a single digit
So the orange likes to get young blood into power for longevity of his ideas…I’m guessing this was his plan all along? I would also imagine if Russia weren’t preoccupied with Zelensky, he’d be all over this?
God, 56 is actually young blood in this world ruled by geriatric dictators we live in. That sucks so hard.
I read this as “God, 56 yo” and was thinking how do you know god is exactly 56 years old 🤣
I am 56 and I approve of this message
It was all worth it.
I am going to guess the son is going to be a more competent war leader than his pops, just because he has less age to dull his edge.
Trump and friends probably owned themselves. It is preferable for your enemies to have dementia, vanity, corruption, and…huh. Trump might not be assassinated by Iran, for a couple of years. Maybe.
He is not selected yet, according to your linked article. Your post title says he is elected according to reports.
So Iran turned into another gulf monarch dictatorship just like the rest of US allies. Task failed successfully.
Turned? Wasn’t like that for the last 47 years?
Despite having a very similar sounding last name, Ali Khamenei (the guy who was just killed) wasn’t related to his predecessor, Ruhollah Khomeini. These two guys have been the only leaders of Iran since the revolution so it is actually a change to pick someone’s son for the job, but it is still an election by clerics rather than a strict hereditary monarchy.
Yes, but nothing actually changed then. Like you said it was an election by clerics, it just happened that they decided to choose his son.
Well they’ve just seen what happened to the last guy. They didn’t want the job themselves…
America and Israel’s attack almost certainly snuffed out the rebellion in Iran, especially after they bombed a school full of children.
People aren’t going to overthrow the local authorities when a foreign country unilaterally decides to attack their country and even targets their children.
I expect this had the exact opposite effect of what the Trump administration claimed to desire.
Then again, I seriously doubt that the real objective of the Pedo War was ever related to Iran itself.
Yeah, no. Russia really needed gas and oil to be much more expensive globally. That Ukraine war is costly. Also the Trump/Epstein files. Also Israel.
Russia is actively giving military aid to Iran and vice versa, what are you talking about?
Because Iran is targeting vessels in the Strait of Hormuz it brings the global price of oil up and drives demand for Russian oil. Yes, Russia supports Iran, but this war is a win for Russian interests. It erodes the international order, stamps out rebellion in Iran, boosts oil profitability, reinforces their stance that the neoliberal world order is a threat, and weakens America.
Plus, they won’t directly intervene cause of their non-aggression pact with Israel (Israel doesn’t arm Ukraine, Russian oligarchs vacation in Israel)
aljazeera.com/…/how-russia-could-benefit-from-the…
Fully agreed, but that’s all America’s doing. If there’s any implication that Russia somehow controls America while being its nemesis, it doesn’t make much sense.
This admin is full of individuals that the Kremlin has kompromat on. It’s not surprising at all.
Yes.
you guys are so disingenious fucks its crazy
US and israel are doing blatant imperialism, and even if russia happens to be benefit from it how can you claim it is all conspired by them? Neo liberal world order is shit and I hope it ends Weak america is good for the wrold
westoids are so dumb low iq chimps they would blame clear blatant american imperialism on russia, shame on you
I’ve seen some reporting that claims the US and Israel is bombing leftist opposition in Iran. And arming Kurdish militants. Seems like they just want Iran completely destabilized.
This is exactly what they want, but I doubt the Kurds are going to trust them anymore, so the US really has no control over how things settle.
The US is currently operating at the strategic level of a drive-by shooter.
They’ve had ample practice in South America for decades.
I don’t think the US killing civilians drives Iranian rebels back into philosophical alignment with their government, but certainly it’s hard to get a protest together when the US is bombing.
The idea might have been that if people actually start a revolution, the Iranian oligarchs would also be ousted, Hamas would stop receiving funding, leading to their collapse and a stabilization of Palestinian political movements that are not as extreme…
Can’t have that. So bomb the crap out of civilian targets to unite the Iranian people under the next Ayatollah - despite how oppressive and awful his regime is - to kickstart Iranian hatred for the west again, so things can return to status quo.
“Mission accomplished”, Netenyahu will say, cradling a cognac in his hand while sitting on a throne made out of the bones of dead Palestinians.
Trump will just be confused and frustrated, but he’s an idiot and a Muppet in this case, so it stands to reason.
what do you think hamas exist because of iran? no dumbass, hamas exist because constant aparthied and genocide inflicted by the illegal israeli state and resistance will existence until zionists ethnically cleanse palestinians or palestine gets liberated
You are a zionist if you dont support armed resistance
NoToRiOuSlY BrUtAl
Meet the new Boss.
Same as the old Boss.
“…pull.”
Naw, I won’t get fooled again!
We probably will.
Here let me explain. In Tennessee there is a saying. Well, we say it in Texas but I think they say it everywhere:
Fool me one time, shame on you, fool two times…. Fool me can’t get fooled again!
I get this reference and I’m not from either over of those states!!
“it’d be like we never even lost landfill”
“Can you guys just call me Ayatollah Ali? In honor of my dad.”
And the new boss is probably a bit irrational being that he just lost his dad… oh well what can you do?
Imagine if Don Jr was the new president after Trump. That’s what this is. America is bombing the cities where the reformist (think liberals in america) live. Traditionalists live in the rural areas (like in the US maga lives in the boonies). Their MAGA just elected their Don Jr. No one in the sticks is dying over there.
There is no conservative vs progressive dynamic in Iran, because there are no free elections in Iran.
Did you seriously just claim theres no conservative & progressively dynamic in Iran?
Have you been living under a rock the last 50 years?
73 actually
Check this report out:
Vice travels to Iran
Anecdotally: As a child I was close friends with the child of a progressive Iranian woman who left Iran to be free in America. She’s not Muslim (her parents were), and sent her son to a Baptist church with me for after school activities.
Haha I’d be like: Uh, no thanks guys, I’m good.
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If we had any missiles left, he’d be a dead man.
It’s the US and israel, I highly doubt they’ll ever run out of missiles
Color me shocked.
The United States of Israel wanted to change the regime to a monarchy, no? Well, mission accomplished, now they can fuck off.
The US is probably tracking his bowel movements already. I give him a week
that’s an odd choice considering the iranian revolutions ideology is founded on anti hereditary succession
i think it’s a mistake for them