Iran's new supreme leader has severe and disfiguring wounds, sources say

The Republic has been reorganized ... into the FIRST! PERSIAN! EMPIRE! ..for a safe ..and secure... MIDDLE EAST!

Is that Jude Laws sister? Dude this movies gonna be so sick

*drone war

"For your attention to this matter, I thank you"

I was going to say, presumably he now has an eye patch?

He is widely rumored/known to be gay, which, if true, would be obviously problematic.

Even a small percentage is too large. Iran has 90+ million population.  I can mostly talk about Tehran so it might be different in other places but most big cities are the same. I left only a little while back. I've lived there for my whole life, mid 20s.  I've only ever met (as in knew them enough to say hello) maybe 3-5 people who were supporters of this regime and all of them were university classmates. They weren't actively hurting us, but the rest of the class we all kept our distance. They only hung out with themselves.  My boyfriend who's in his late 30s did his military service in Artesh (not IRGC, but the actual military of the country). This would have been years ago around the time of the green protests. I was very young so I don't really remember it much, just that things were tense.  He told me one of the guys in military service was from a poor town in another province stationed in Tehran and he was part of the basij. This guy had almost no contact with women up to that point. Suddenly, he was scouted and given a baton and told to go suppress protesters. My boyfriend said he would brag about hitting "hot girls" and taking his revenge. They're literally a bunch of incels with deep hatred for women and any guys that they were jealous of for "getting those girls". Just imagine, an 18-22 year old boy who's away from his small village in the big city who's grown up probably under abuse and has been mocked for having an accent now gets a weapon and is told he matters for a cause.  I think maybe 90% of the population is against the islamic republic. You could not get into a taxi and have the driver be a supporter of this regime. The only ones supporting this regime were brainwashed or somehow connected to them or getting something out of their support.  The rest of the population, while vehemently opposed, a large portion is too tired and checked out to actively do anything about it. Especially our older generations. They're basically ok with putting up with it... Just keep your head down, live your life in Hinding and be glad you're alive.  But with our generations? Those of us born years after the revolution and the Iran Iraq war? We know how the rest of the world lives and it's unbearable to live under so much oppression. 

Small percentage but still around or over 10 million because it’s a pretty populous country.

It's not a fixed percentage. It's been on the decline the past decade, but I'd still put it at around at least 15%. May be higher after the war (no clue about that though, I left around 8 months ago). Otoh I don't think we can put a number on the secular opposition at all. Too large of Iran's population are just either apolitical or have easy to sway positions. And the secular opposition is divided into many camps that not all get along with each other well.

All use religion to further their own goals. Their children and grandchildren are living it up in the west, yacht parties and hookers and plastic surgeries...while Iranians get flogged and jailed for going to a party. 

I mostly learned my English from Listnook and YouTube. Also, I'm a woman. We love you guys. We don't hate the Americans. I don't like Trump, but I know the average American isn't like him. I actually think Americans are pretty chill but I've only met a few in my life. 

So, technically Iran already has undergone regime change: theocracy to military junta.

Because they (IRGC) have the guns.

What Level are the Clerics. As a level 7 half dwarf half elf ranger i think i can take em

Regime not changed but upgraded. All of the old dead wood was removed. A forest fire can help the forest.

How is it regime change if it's still the same people, they just don't have turbins on their heads...? There is literally no difference between the mullahs in islamic republic and the IRGC in islamic republic. They're all still the islamic republic. Which is our true enemy (I'm iranian). No. There is no regime change. Regime change would be the fall of the islamic republic and us getting our flag and country back. Trump is an idiot for saying the regime has changed. Literally no iranian thinks this is a regime change and we will get new benevolent leader emerging out of this. Nope. This is the same thing as before. 

Not every country has a singular leader. In fact having a singular leader can be detrimental at times.

Yep. The Strait of Hormuz is much more effective than nukes and it can't be taken from them. Iran can always have hidden missiles to be used to shut it down again anytime they choose

Doesn't look like there will be a threepeat option in 2028 luckily. No 80 year olds running in either party.

I have no doubt it was the case, but a rally around the flag effect is not uncommon when a foreign country bombs schools... The US may actually have served the Iranian government

They killed his father, mother, wife and son.

Worth remembering this article is explicitly from IRGC sources that reuters can't verify. Personally I still lead towards him being dead.

and killed has family

>I believe we should have the American version of the Nuremberg Trials after we drive Trump out of power. Don't be silly, the rules don't apply to the US.

There were never any moderates in that regime. This myth needs to go.

We didn’t need military force to have them sign on to a deal with other countries that prohibited them from being able to obtain a nuclear bomb. The Iran nuclear deal was far more successful than this venture or any military venture has been in that region.

Enough disabled that not a single video of him has been shared since the first day of the war

Acid

I LOVE WILLYS!

If he was actually running the country I think he'd be dead by now. I think he's just a figurehead for the military to claim legitimacy.

Assuming he has hands to write the note…

Nope, Chuck Testa

Somehow, he returned.

What I don’t get is why they chose him then in the first place.  Didn’t they select him after he was already gravely wounded and in a coma? 

Disaster? For the hardliners, this might be a gift. They have a face for Iran, but the IRGC is the one who really runs the show.

Interesting. I remember early reports saying his wife died too. I don’t see any new reporting claiming otherwise, do you have a source? In fact I actually do now see sources saying that his mother is alive. It’s very confusing. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603124592 (IRGC says mom is alive)

His mother didn't die. At least that's what he claims. That's one of the reasons people suspect he is not even alive himself. The day his father died, reports confirmed (by state media) that his mother died too. Around three weeks later, when he was "elected" to rule as supreme leader, he issued a statement about the war and what Iranians should do. The thing is, he forgot to mention his mother's death when he talked about people he lost. People immediately pointed that out, getting suspicious that he might not even be alive, because frankly, who forgets that his mother is dead? The state media immediately denied the early reports of his mother's death and said "we were wrong" to make this supreme leader words right again. Pretty Sus imo