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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    7 hours ago

    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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      Absolutely not, Iranians were cheering when the guy died. Bombs fall and they cheer. There’s no way people who do that will suddenly ally with the regime again.

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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.