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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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[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 195 points 2 days ago

Is that the regime change Trump and Netanyahoo wanted?

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago

no because not enough people died just yet

[-] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 219 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

I refuse to criticize anyone that decides to take a jet landing with an arrested stop on an aircraft carrier compared to just a simple helicopter landing. That's cool as hell.

Everything else about this moment was stupid and misleading though.

[-] scarabic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yes but it’s dumb as hell for a president to try to look cool as hell for the cameras before making a speech about a damn war he started.

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ameyyrucahhh FUCK YEAAAA comin again to save the motherfuckin day YEAHH

[-] redbrick@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Just when you think the orange was the worst...this guy tops them all...

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago

The new psycho moron, has likely already toured the old one in worldwide deaths.

Between Covid mishandling and doge cuts he’s on his way past millions needlessly dying.

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 30 points 2 days ago

They wanted monarchy. They've received monarchy

[-] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

If the goal was to create endless wars to avoid consequences, ig?

[-] john_t@piefed.ee 3 points 2 days ago
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