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.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    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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      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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      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.

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        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

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          Who promoted Hamas into power in the 2010s? Answer: Netenyahu! And who has funded them? Answer: Iranian oligarchs!

          Put it all together, and what do you get? Geo political theater - that Palestinians suffer and die for every day. In fact, most of Hamas are Palestinians, but mostly just the grunts who have to fight and die for the wants of old men.

          And who said I was against armed resistance, numbnuts? I’m for an actual legitimate Palestinian sovereign force - and Hamas ain’t it, chief. There are vying factions in Gaza, one of them being Hamas, and I think they should combine forces, because it’s like a micro balkanization sort of deal between them. They should form a new PLO of sorts.

          But hey, I guess nuance ain’t your thing, with your one track, “two things can’t be true at the same time” mind.

          Go back to TikTok. I’m sure they appreciate your dog water takes there.

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            No netanyahu did not promote hamas wtf are you talking about?

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              Go bother a search engine instead, big boy. Crunch your brain as to why Hamas was propped up by Israeli interests. Also, you get bonus points if you learn who the PLO were.

              Have fun.

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                Share the source big guy Also october 7 attacks were supported by iran hezbollah, PFLP (which is secular marxist lenninst militant group) and many other armed resistance groups Are you suggesting they were all propped up by israel? Dont mae me laugh

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      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.

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        Russia is actively giving military aid to Iran and vice versa, what are you talking about?

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          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)

          https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/3/how-russia-could-benefit-from-the-us-israeli-war-on-iran

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            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.

            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.

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      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.

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        An exterior threat can have a rally-around-the-flag effect. They hate the administration, but now they see an even bigger threat, a foreign threat. They might not want to rock the boat now.

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          I suppose this is true. I have more criticisms than praise for my home country, the US, but when I hear people outside it criticize it in a hostile way, my first reflex is not to agree with them, it’s more like “hey fuck you.”