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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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[–] rarbg@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago

Yeah that's my reaction when I noticed.... oddly just when I read your comment. Fuck Murdoch's publications.

Thank you for helping me see it.

I want to add, sometimes there are good (or semi accurate) articles but having to do the checks on their reporting sucks balls and not in the fun way.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (3 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.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It was a knee-jerk response to the Trump-Epstein files scandal...I mean...uhh...I meant to say...they've been planning this for months.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Say what you want about the man, he has no fucks left to give

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Bring back the Islamic Kingdom of Iran

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 81 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (13 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.

[–] deepflows@lemmy.today 28 points 2 days ago (10 children)

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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[–] sobchak@programming.dev 14 points 2 days 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.

[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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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[–] Generica@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The NY post is fantastic at its job, which is to disseminate disinformation with an occasional "factoid" thrown in for cheap laughs

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 days 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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[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 198 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Is that the regime change Trump and Netanyahoo wanted?

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 224 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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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[–] Dinner@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So same shit, different pile?

[–] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hm no kinda worse because now they have a clear reason for nuclear weapons

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[–] BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 165 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 35 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Meet the new Boss.

Same as the old Boss.

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[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days 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

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 days ago

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

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 106 points 2 days ago (7 children)
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[–] canadian_commie@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago

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

The US is probably tracking his bowel movements already. I give him a week

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I am surprised people responding to this piece of news to be valid information when Iran would make this public when they choose the next leader.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 38 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Bets on how long he lives?

[–] acantharea@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Pretty sure theres a polymarket for this now ☠️ Horror world

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