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Ali Larijani is likely in charge.
According to the New York Times, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, appears to have completed a strategy for the Islamic Republic's continued existence. Larijani, 67, is tasked with this responsibility and is likely to take charge of the nation....
Larijani is currently the Supreme National Security Council's (SNSC) Secretary, appointed by Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian in August 2025. Since he is not a religious cleric, he cannot be seen as a possible successor in the conventional sense. However, Larijani is now touted as the Islamic Republic of Iran's "de facto" leader.
According to the New York Times, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, appears to have completed a strategy for the Islamic Republic's continued existence. Larijani, 67, is tasked with this responsibility and is likely to take charge of the nation....
Larijani is currently the Supreme National Security Council's (SNSC) Secretary, appointed by Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian in August 2025. Since he is not a religious cleric, he cannot be seen as a possible successor in the conventional sense. However, Larijani is now touted as the Islamic Republic of Iran's "de facto" leader.
“The President, the Head of the Judiciary, and one of the jurists of the Guardian Council will assume responsibility for the transitional period following the martyrdom of the Leader of the Revolution,” according to the state news agency IRNA.
These 3 chumps has targets on their heads
President Masoud Pezeshkian
Masoud Pezeshkian is the 71-year-old president of Iran. He was elected in 2024 on an agenda of political, social and economic reforms and had vowed to re-engage in discussions with the U.S. to end sanctions. He had become increasingly sidelined as he failed to reach a nuclear deal and couldn’t keep an economic crisis under control.
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei is the hard-line Head of the Judiciary in Iran; In early 2026, he has been heavily involved in directing the crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests, warning of swift trials and executions for detainees
Ali Larijani
All 3 are behind the murder of the protesters in January.
These 3 chumps has targets on their heads
President Masoud Pezeshkian
Masoud Pezeshkian is the 71-year-old president of Iran. He was elected in 2024 on an agenda of political, social and economic reforms and had vowed to re-engage in discussions with the U.S. to end sanctions. He had become increasingly sidelined as he failed to reach a nuclear deal and couldn’t keep an economic crisis under control.
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei is the hard-line Head of the Judiciary in Iran; In early 2026, he has been heavily involved in directing the crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests, warning of swift trials and executions for detainees
Ali Larijani
All 3 are behind the murder of the protesters in January.
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Ai Larijani says he wants to negotiate with Trump. This guy is running the show.
So, which is it?
They are not negotiating with the US. He changed his mind.
This is interesting. China has issued a red line. To what civilian does China refer? The head of the regime in Iran or the people? Are the IRGC or the Basij civilians?
In a phone call with the United Arab Emirates, Wang told his counterpart there that the “red line” of protecting civilians during conflicts should not be crossed and non-military targets must not be attacked, while also expressing a need for safety along the world’s shipping routes, Reuters added.
The news agency also quoted Wang telling Israel’s foreign minister Wednesday that China opposes the joint U.S. and Israel military action against Iran and that it must be halted immediately.
This is Fox quoting Reuters.
www.foxnews.com
In a phone call with the United Arab Emirates, Wang told his counterpart there that the “red line” of protecting civilians during conflicts should not be crossed and non-military targets must not be attacked, while also expressing a need for safety along the world’s shipping routes, Reuters added.
The news agency also quoted Wang telling Israel’s foreign minister Wednesday that China opposes the joint U.S. and Israel military action against Iran and that it must be halted immediately.
This is Fox quoting Reuters.
Live Updates: CENTCOM says it's eliminating Iranian threats in Operation Epic Fury with 'lethal precision'
U.S. Central Command released fresh footage Thursday showing destruction in Iran as the regime is feeling the impact of the U.S. military.
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Here is another perspective on the situation in Iran, from Prof. Ansari, 58, is a historian at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews, where he directs the Institute for Iraniacorruption.
He thinks the IRGC will fight only because the top leaders want to remain in control of 25% of the economy. They are not true believers, but fighting their own people out of corruption.
He says. "that social scientists and international-relations types “have become so wedded to their templates that they can’t see” what has happened inside Iran."
“The vast majority of people are struggling. The political system is hated. The economic system isn’t delivering,” he says in a video interview. Salaries “no longer meet the basic needs of life. There’s an environmental crisis—they’ve drained the water table. And now, they have an international crisis.” That’s putting it mildly.
The regime is not "strong and stable because people are rebelling every few years, and on a scale the regime deems existential.” Regime supporters, whom Mr. Ansari pegs at 10% to 20% of the population, “are convinced they are going to defeat the U.S. in this war.” He pauses: “They are not going to do it.”
[H]aving killed “10,000, 15,000, 20,000 of your own in the random manner that they did—and shooting people in hospital beds—it creates an anger that is difficult to suppress.” Students had resumed protesting before the airstrikes began on Feb. 28."
He thinks the IRGC will fight only because the top leaders want to remain in control of 25% of the economy. They are not true believers, but fighting their own people out of corruption.
He says. "that social scientists and international-relations types “have become so wedded to their templates that they can’t see” what has happened inside Iran."
“The vast majority of people are struggling. The political system is hated. The economic system isn’t delivering,” he says in a video interview. Salaries “no longer meet the basic needs of life. There’s an environmental crisis—they’ve drained the water table. And now, they have an international crisis.” That’s putting it mildly.
The regime is not "strong and stable because people are rebelling every few years, and on a scale the regime deems existential.” Regime supporters, whom Mr. Ansari pegs at 10% to 20% of the population, “are convinced they are going to defeat the U.S. in this war.” He pauses: “They are not going to do it.”
[H]aving killed “10,000, 15,000, 20,000 of your own in the random manner that they did—and shooting people in hospital beds—it creates an anger that is difficult to suppress.” Students had resumed protesting before the airstrikes began on Feb. 28."
The problem Professor Ansari argues is that "the main problem Mr. Ansari sees with Western analysis: “We fail to give the Iranians agency in what they do.” When Iran’s economy is in shambles, the reflex is to blame U.S. sanctions.
“That doesn’t explain why the Iranians have mismanaged their water. It doesn’t tell you why, well before the real sanctions arrived in 2011-12, they were never able to get any foreign direct investment into the country. Now, why is that?” he asks. “It’s internal. It’s the corruption, the kleptocracy, the short-termism, the opaqueness, the lack of accountability, the uncertainty.” Sanctions didn’t make life easier, he says, but they didn’t befall Iran. They were a consequence of the regime’s behavior."
“That doesn’t explain why the Iranians have mismanaged their water. It doesn’t tell you why, well before the real sanctions arrived in 2011-12, they were never able to get any foreign direct investment into the country. Now, why is that?” he asks. “It’s internal. It’s the corruption, the kleptocracy, the short-termism, the opaqueness, the lack of accountability, the uncertainty.” Sanctions didn’t make life easier, he says, but they didn’t befall Iran. They were a consequence of the regime’s behavior."
I think the United States of America has something to say about this.
This article sheds some light on the Iranian regime.
The Iranian regime... "is founded not upon the principles of enlightened self-interest, or even self-interest, but the fulfilment of a fanatical dream of an apocalyptic war. I mean that literally: the hardcore ideologues within Iran’s leadership believe that war with the West will herald the end of times, during which an invisible Messiah figure called the Mahdi will rematerialise and lead Muslim troops to global victory.
At his side, there will supposedly be 313 generals, selected from among the most faithful, and once the planet is under control, it will be divided between them into 313 provinces. The new Ayatollah is as captivated by this dark fantasy as his father was, and equally as committed to the tripartite strategy of nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and terror proxies that was constructed in its pursuit.
All of this demonstrates that even under the most severe of pressure, the Iranian regime is unable to compromise, reform or deviate in the slightest from the hellish path of destruction in which it had been investing for many years. This was a problem that was never going away and not getting any lighter, and the more time passed, the more of a threat it would become.
uk.news.yahoo.com
This article sheds some light on the Iranian regime.
The Iranian regime... "is founded not upon the principles of enlightened self-interest, or even self-interest, but the fulfilment of a fanatical dream of an apocalyptic war. I mean that literally: the hardcore ideologues within Iran’s leadership believe that war with the West will herald the end of times, during which an invisible Messiah figure called the Mahdi will rematerialise and lead Muslim troops to global victory.
At his side, there will supposedly be 313 generals, selected from among the most faithful, and once the planet is under control, it will be divided between them into 313 provinces. The new Ayatollah is as captivated by this dark fantasy as his father was, and equally as committed to the tripartite strategy of nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and terror proxies that was constructed in its pursuit.
All of this demonstrates that even under the most severe of pressure, the Iranian regime is unable to compromise, reform or deviate in the slightest from the hellish path of destruction in which it had been investing for many years. This was a problem that was never going away and not getting any lighter, and the more time passed, the more of a threat it would become.
Iran’s malevolent new Ayatollah clearly has a death wish
On a dark night, it would be difficult to distinguish the old Ayatollah, Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who met his death in a salvo of 30 Israeli “sparrow” missiles on February 28, and his successor, ...
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This fills out the picture of the new leader of Iran, Motjaba Khameini. He fought in the Iran-Iraq war...
"After complementing his martial experience with years of brainwashing in the fanatical form of Shiism that lies at the heart of this malevolent regime, Mojtaba became embedded within the office of the supreme leader, acting as a gatekeeper, power broker, aide and Machiavelli; leaked diplomatic cables described him as “second only” to the chief. His fingerprints were all over the bloody suppression of the January uprisings, which claimed the lives of so many tens of thousands of innocents.
They were also found on Iran’s elections and senior appointments. Other leaked documents revealed that he played a party in the 2005 presidential election of hardliner and arch Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was killed in recent days by an Israeli strike, and the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in 2024 removed a key rival for the eventual Ayatollah’s throne.
That gets to the heart of the matter. The appointment of Mojtaba, which ironically reinforces the principle of dynastic succession rejected by the Islamic Revolution of 1979, reveals one fact about the wounded regime: not only is it unwilling to change, it is pathologically unable to do so."
uk.news.yahoo.com
"After complementing his martial experience with years of brainwashing in the fanatical form of Shiism that lies at the heart of this malevolent regime, Mojtaba became embedded within the office of the supreme leader, acting as a gatekeeper, power broker, aide and Machiavelli; leaked diplomatic cables described him as “second only” to the chief. His fingerprints were all over the bloody suppression of the January uprisings, which claimed the lives of so many tens of thousands of innocents.
They were also found on Iran’s elections and senior appointments. Other leaked documents revealed that he played a party in the 2005 presidential election of hardliner and arch Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was killed in recent days by an Israeli strike, and the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in 2024 removed a key rival for the eventual Ayatollah’s throne.
That gets to the heart of the matter. The appointment of Mojtaba, which ironically reinforces the principle of dynastic succession rejected by the Islamic Revolution of 1979, reveals one fact about the wounded regime: not only is it unwilling to change, it is pathologically unable to do so."
Iran’s malevolent new Ayatollah clearly has a death wish
On a dark night, it would be difficult to distinguish the old Ayatollah, Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who met his death in a salvo of 30 Israeli “sparrow” missiles on February 28, and his successor, ...
"Since the commencement of the war, we have seen a display of irrational and ill-thought-out behaviour from the regime that has left many Western commentators shaking their heads in disbelief. Principal among these is the way it attacked its every ally; this appeared to be an attempt to pressure them to lobby Donald Trump to pull back, but – as should have been quite obvious – only succeeded in turning their few remaining friends against them."
uk.news.yahoo.com
Iran’s malevolent new Ayatollah clearly has a death wish
On a dark night, it would be difficult to distinguish the old Ayatollah, Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who met his death in a salvo of 30 Israeli “sparrow” missiles on February 28, and his successor, ...
Let's not forget who we are talking about...
During the January anti-regime protests, there is damning documentation of crimes against humanity by the Islamic regime. Iran International, citing classified Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) documents, revealed that more than 36,500 protesters were killed in two days alone. Time Magazine, citing two anonymous “senior figures” in the country’s Ministry of Health, similarly estimated the death toll could “top 30,000.” A doctor speaking to The Jerusalem Post testified to the slaying of civilians in hospital beds. “In the hospitals, many patients were found dead on their treatment beds, still attached to machines, with bullet holes in their heads…” A witness described to Human Rights Watch “bodies piled on top of bodies” while identifying a fallen loved one.
The Islamic regime has demonstrated its willingness to employ barbarism to maintain its grip on power, and as it fights for its survival amid an existential military threat, it could become even more erratic.
During the January anti-regime protests, there is damning documentation of crimes against humanity by the Islamic regime. Iran International, citing classified Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) documents, revealed that more than 36,500 protesters were killed in two days alone. Time Magazine, citing two anonymous “senior figures” in the country’s Ministry of Health, similarly estimated the death toll could “top 30,000.” A doctor speaking to The Jerusalem Post testified to the slaying of civilians in hospital beds. “In the hospitals, many patients were found dead on their treatment beds, still attached to machines, with bullet holes in their heads…” A witness described to Human Rights Watch “bodies piled on top of bodies” while identifying a fallen loved one.
The Islamic regime has demonstrated its willingness to employ barbarism to maintain its grip on power, and as it fights for its survival amid an existential military threat, it could become even more erratic.
The National women's soccer team refused to sing the national anthem in Australia. The US and Australia worked together to assure asylum for the team.
Today, five players of the Iranian national women’s soccer team, the Lionesses, managed to break away from the larger group in Australia where they had been competing in the Women’s Asian Cup. Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled Crown Prince, says they have joined the anti-regime resistance. Shortly after, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese grant asylum – and his offer of safe haven in the U.S. if Australia refused – to the remaining team members, the president announced that “the rest are on their way” to joining the other five. Some still plan to return to Iran amid reported threats to their families.
This comes after the team refused to sing the national anthem ahead of Monday’s match against South Korea, an act of resistance which prompted the regime to menace the team members, calling them “wartime traitors” who must be “dealt with more severely.” Departing their final match on a bus Sunday night, video footage captured members of the team signaling what appears to be the international hand signal for help to a crowd of protesters following the bus outside. The head of the team’s union had warned that he could not reach these players to discuss asylum.
Today, five players of the Iranian national women’s soccer team, the Lionesses, managed to break away from the larger group in Australia where they had been competing in the Women’s Asian Cup. Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled Crown Prince, says they have joined the anti-regime resistance. Shortly after, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese grant asylum – and his offer of safe haven in the U.S. if Australia refused – to the remaining team members, the president announced that “the rest are on their way” to joining the other five. Some still plan to return to Iran amid reported threats to their families.
This comes after the team refused to sing the national anthem ahead of Monday’s match against South Korea, an act of resistance which prompted the regime to menace the team members, calling them “wartime traitors” who must be “dealt with more severely.” Departing their final match on a bus Sunday night, video footage captured members of the team signaling what appears to be the international hand signal for help to a crowd of protesters following the bus outside. The head of the team’s union had warned that he could not reach these players to discuss asylum.
This is interesting and is to be expected. Iranians have activated sleeper cells.
According to intelligence reports, the signal — detected shortly after the February 28th elimination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — is believed to be a “go-order” for prepositioned sleeper assets and covert operatives operating in the West.
U.S. signals intelligence (SIGINT) indicates the message was not sent via traditional internet or cellular networks, which are easily monitored. Instead, it was broadcast via a high-powered, shortwave-style transmission designed for recipients “possessing a specific physical encryption key.”
Experts have confirmed that a new Farsi-language “numbers station,” designated V32 by monitoring groups like ENIGMA 2000, began broadcasting on the frequency of 7910 kHz shortly after the strikes. This is a high-powered shortwave signal that uses the ionosphere to “bounce” around the globe, making it accessible to anyone with a basic shortwave receiver.
While the exact “message” or signal remains un-deciphered, analysts describe its “international rebroadcast characteristics” as consistent with historical “one-way voice link” (OWVL) protocols used to activate foreign operatives.
The transmission was relayed across multiple continents, suggesting a global call to action, officials added.
According to intelligence reports, the signal — detected shortly after the February 28th elimination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — is believed to be a “go-order” for prepositioned sleeper assets and covert operatives operating in the West.
U.S. signals intelligence (SIGINT) indicates the message was not sent via traditional internet or cellular networks, which are easily monitored. Instead, it was broadcast via a high-powered, shortwave-style transmission designed for recipients “possessing a specific physical encryption key.”
Experts have confirmed that a new Farsi-language “numbers station,” designated V32 by monitoring groups like ENIGMA 2000, began broadcasting on the frequency of 7910 kHz shortly after the strikes. This is a high-powered shortwave signal that uses the ionosphere to “bounce” around the globe, making it accessible to anyone with a basic shortwave receiver.
While the exact “message” or signal remains un-deciphered, analysts describe its “international rebroadcast characteristics” as consistent with historical “one-way voice link” (OWVL) protocols used to activate foreign operatives.
The transmission was relayed across multiple continents, suggesting a global call to action, officials added.
Nice Guys, these Mullahs of Iran. This is about the latest king in Iran and his followers.
Khamenei’s son and successor, the Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, has neither his father’s experience nor Khomeini’s pedigree. His ascent marks the collapse of the last egalitarian pillar of the revolution, namely that the mullahs, unlike decadent Persian shahs, don’t do dynastic succession. With Mojtaba, the revolution has come full circle. Even without regime change, monarchy has returned to Iran.
He was first outted as the supreme leader’s son, when a cleric complained "in both 2005 and 2009 about Mojtaba Khamenei’s role in manipulating the presidential elections on behalf of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Mojtaba is part of the reactionary wing of Iranian politics. He belongs to the so-called war generation—men who didn’t lead the revolution but tested their mettle in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. By volunteering in the latter years of the conflict, he checked an important box for would-be leaders of the divine republic. (He probably did not see action.)
As the regime matured, they developed a taste for material wealth. Corruption came as easily to them as piety did. One of the hardest things Westerners—and Westernized Iranians—have to absorb about the Islamic Republic, and Islamic history in general, is that the friction between faith and worldly acquisitiveness is less than one might expect. Unlike Christianity, Islam didn’t begin as a faith for the downtrodden. The VIPs in the IRGC and the clergy are usually well-heeled. Mojtaba Khamenei is a wealthy man.
In the turbulent politics of the Islamic Republic, violence and terror have always been a means of political control. But Mojtaba’s generation of militants has faced more popular insurrections as the revolution has lost much of its luster. Even in the context of Iran’s ruthless politics, this generation shows a particular attachment to terrorism. Violence is the mandatory response to those seeking to undermine the regime. The recent uprising demonstrated the lengths to which this generation will go to preserve God’s will manifested.
Iran’s theocracy hasn’t undergone such stress since the last year of the Iran–Iraq war, when the Iranian front line collapsed. In the face of adversity, an inexperienced leader will lean on those who share his grievances and worldview. He will need time to consolidate his power, as even his bureaucratically agile father took several years to establish his political hegemony.
Khamenei’s son and successor, the Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, has neither his father’s experience nor Khomeini’s pedigree. His ascent marks the collapse of the last egalitarian pillar of the revolution, namely that the mullahs, unlike decadent Persian shahs, don’t do dynastic succession. With Mojtaba, the revolution has come full circle. Even without regime change, monarchy has returned to Iran.
He was first outted as the supreme leader’s son, when a cleric complained "in both 2005 and 2009 about Mojtaba Khamenei’s role in manipulating the presidential elections on behalf of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Mojtaba is part of the reactionary wing of Iranian politics. He belongs to the so-called war generation—men who didn’t lead the revolution but tested their mettle in the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. By volunteering in the latter years of the conflict, he checked an important box for would-be leaders of the divine republic. (He probably did not see action.)
As the regime matured, they developed a taste for material wealth. Corruption came as easily to them as piety did. One of the hardest things Westerners—and Westernized Iranians—have to absorb about the Islamic Republic, and Islamic history in general, is that the friction between faith and worldly acquisitiveness is less than one might expect. Unlike Christianity, Islam didn’t begin as a faith for the downtrodden. The VIPs in the IRGC and the clergy are usually well-heeled. Mojtaba Khamenei is a wealthy man.
In the turbulent politics of the Islamic Republic, violence and terror have always been a means of political control. But Mojtaba’s generation of militants has faced more popular insurrections as the revolution has lost much of its luster. Even in the context of Iran’s ruthless politics, this generation shows a particular attachment to terrorism. Violence is the mandatory response to those seeking to undermine the regime. The recent uprising demonstrated the lengths to which this generation will go to preserve God’s will manifested.
Iran’s theocracy hasn’t undergone such stress since the last year of the Iran–Iraq war, when the Iranian front line collapsed. In the face of adversity, an inexperienced leader will lean on those who share his grievances and worldview. He will need time to consolidate his power, as even his bureaucratically agile father took several years to establish his political hegemony.
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