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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[–] [S] 199 points 6 months ago (14 children)

Is that the regime change Trump and Netanyahoo wanted?

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    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.

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  • [–] 84 points 6 months ago* (28 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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    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.

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    [–] 55 points 6 months ago

    Is the USA tired of winning yet? The rest of us would like to resume life as normal please.

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  • [–] 44 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Motjaba is known for a staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism

    So all we have managed to accomplish in the last week of bombing Iran is kill a bunch of civilians and get the younger but just as hard line version Ayatollah Khamenei?

    Excellent, very good.

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    Pretty sure theres a polymarket for this now ☠️ Horror world

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  • [–] 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    https://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...

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    [–] 37 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    Meet the new Boss.

    Same as the old Boss.

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    [–] 35 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    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.

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    [–] 24 points 6 months ago

    It was all worth it.

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    The son of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is the frontrunner to replace him as supreme leader, according to reports.

    He is not selected yet, according to your linked article. Your post title says he is elected according to reports.

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    [–] 14 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    So Iran turned into another gulf monarch dictatorship just like the rest of US allies. Task failed successfully.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Turned? Wasn't like that for the last 47 years?

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    The United States of Israel wanted to change the regime to a monarchy, no? Well, mission accomplished, now they can fuck off.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    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?

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    [–] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    So same shit, different pile?

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    [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    that's an odd choice considering the iranian revolutions ideology is founded on anti hereditary succession

    i think it's a mistake for them

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    It's the NY Post. Might as well be a roll of cheap Scott toilet tissue. You know, the kind of paper that scratches your ass up

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