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We still haven’t seen hide nor hair of Mojtaba Khamenei, the putative supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, since he got the top spot in March. The word going around is that he was severely maimed in the strike that killed his predecessor and father, and others speculate that he may actually be dead, while Iranian officials pretend he is alive in order to give their almost universally hated regime some legitimacy.
Whatever may be going on with Mojtaba, however, on Saturday, the X account that bills itself as “the official account for the news and statements of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei” came alive with an energy that was positively Trumpian, putting up fourteen posts in quick succession, detailing how the rulers of Iran plan to gain sweet revenge against those whom they hate. (It could have been one long message, but Mojtaba, or whoever is writing in his name on X, apparently hasn’t shelled out the eight bucks a month for a blue checkmark.)
Whoever it actually came from, the message came with a bit of fanfare; at 5:41 a.m. Eastern time, the alleged Mojtaba announced that “in an hour” there would come “Imam Sayyid Mojtaba Khamenei’s important message following the funeral and burial of the Leader of Truth-Seekers of the World, Martyr Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei.” And sure enough, 54 minutes later, the posts started coming.
Mojtaba, or whoever, started out by praising the Imam Hussein, whom Islamic tradition identifies as the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the founding figure of Shi’ite Islam, and the grandson of the prophet of Islam himself, Muhammad. At the Battle of Karbala in Iraq in the year 680, the Sunni caliph Yazid killed Hussein, and that killing is generally considered to mark the beginning of the formal split between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims.
Every year on the tenth day of the month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, Shi’ites engage in elaborate public mourning for Hussein, often whipping themselves or cutting their heads with knives to express their grief and punish themselves that they weren’t on hand fourteen centuries ago to save their leader.
That’s why Mojtaba is talking about Hussein: he attempts to portray his late father, who before he was killed stained his hands with the blood of 40,000 of his countrymen for the crime of protesting against his criminal and inhumane regime, as a martyred leader in the mold of one of the pivotal founding figures of Shi’ism. What better way to cement loyalty to the regime than by associating loyalty to it with loyalty to Allah himself?
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Namer says
The Gayatollah was probably murdered by his own people for the crime of being gay.
Billy says
Deceit is a fundamental value in Islamic Law and in Islam’s Qur’an where Allah is a deceiver, a great deceiver against Muslims and Non-Muslims(Qur’an 3:28, 54; 7:99; 8:30, etc.). Islam is the deceitful, daily practice of Islamic Law by Muslims, and Allah rewards his Muslim believers, Genocidal Terrorists of Allah, with a Garden Paradise when they kill and are killed in Jihad for Allah as war against Non-Muslims using MUSLIM MONEY and MUSLIM LIVES to make Islam, Islamic Law, supreme(Qur’an 4:95; 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Allah in Qur’an 49:15 teaches, “Surely the believers[Muslims] are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with their MONEY and their LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.” See also Qur’an 2:191; 4:89, 91; 8:60; 9:5, 29, 111; 47:4; 48:29, etc.
S M Bothra says
It is very unfortunate that after so much loss of lives and property ,so much damage to global economy, so much dedicated efforts and so much local opposition and hatred the fanatic Islamic regime in Tehran remains in place .
Taffy says
“ Shi’ites engage in elaborate public mourning for Hussein, often whipping themselves or cutting their heads with knives to express their grief and punish themselves that they weren’t on hand fourteen centuries ago to save their leader.”
I say introduce some Staphylococcus Aureus to the mix and see what happens.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
The supreme leader of Iran is not just a person: it’s an office, and like in the case of Joe Biden, his staff is the one tweeting in his name
At this point, I think it’s safe to conclude that he is dead. 3 of Ali Khamenei’s sons turned up, but I’ve seen speculation that all 3 of them are body doubles
James Lincoln says
Infidel,
Mojtaba Khamenei is either dead – or so frail that the IRGC cannot make an acceptable video of him talking about current events that would verify the current date.
gravenimage says
Seems likely, James.
gravenimage says
Somebody in Tehran Who Calls Himself ‘Mojtaba Khamenei’ Is Vowing Revenge
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Well, whatever condition he is in, alive or dead, we see more threats of violence. Nothing so Islamic…
Brenrod says
If someone threatens to kill you, you should kill him first before he has any opportunity to carry out his threat. The same applies to an entity or nation. No apologies necessary, it’s best to err on the side of caution by quickly liquidating the threat. When removing the threat make it a permanent removal rather then temporarily kicking the can down the road. If you don’t you might end up dead later.