RandAlThorMar 3

Ayatollah Khamenei’s oldest son elected as supreme leader to replace his dad: report

https://lemmy.ca/post/61271111

Ayatollah Khamenei’s oldest son elected as supreme leader to replace his dad: report - Lemmy.ca

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.

Show threadAceticonMar 4

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.

Show threadscarabic
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.
Mar 4 at 5:11pmWeb
Show threadDanquebecMar 5
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.