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🇮🇷 IRAN OFFICIALLY DENIES KHAMENEI DEATH
Iranian FM spokesperson Esmail Baghaei to ABC News: "Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Pezeshkian are safe and sound."
"Everything is being done in accordance with our plans, and our armed forces are conducting their defensive actions."
Source: TRT World
I'm thinking they're pushing this to try to get some people to check on him so they can find out where he's hiding.
yep, sad. Seems they got him and some of his family.
Possible. Both sides have reasons for lying. I fully believe the Iranians would Weekend at Bernie's the supreme leader for a week or more while deciding whether they want to admit he was killed in enemy action to rally the people or claim he died of some other health condition and to tend to order of succession and locking down the government. As a rule if people are trying to topple your government a good way to do it is take out the leader and set off a crisis of who is in charge, by denying that and having people close to him pretend to be him stability is preserved. On the other side to urge on your factional splits to destroy Iran you'd want people to think there is a power vacuum so they'll step up their game in disobeying central orders.
So we won't likely know for certain until he makes a crystal clear HD video appearance referencing these events and it's been checked for signs of AI. Or at least a few days.
I don't think it matters whether he is dead or alive.
The IRGC will simply takeover if he is dead.
During the invasion of Venezuela it was reported that the US bombed Chavez's mausoleum but it later turned out to be a psyop
Edit: It could have been mistaken misreporting rather than an intentional psyop
Wait, what?! Source please?
They did try to hit it and missed I thought.
Kill every western "journalist". These people jerk themselves off with movies about how brave they are for exposing the catholic pedophile ring everyone already knows about or movies about "war-correspondents" (some comfortable white-collar dickhead repeating state department talking points) while suppressing the actual people doing actual investigative work and severing ties with anyone who accidentally stumbles upon something substantial to report, and they do it all for some deranged fetishizing of an ideal objective Reporting that does not exist. Kill them all, they are hyperliberals.
"Israel says" 
Hijacking comment to say that Iranian State Media has now confirmed it.
CNN is running with it too, I wait to see actual images of his body.
I'm not believing it just because Israel says so. Wait until Iran confirms it.
Even if he is dead, the Iranian government is not organized around or dependent upon a single leader. The Guardian Council can appoint a new Supreme Leader, and they probably already have a succession plan in place. And even if they didn't, the President, the Parliament, the rest of the Guardian Council, and the military could keep the government structure intact.
Unfortunately confirmed now: https://en.irna.ir/news/86089972/Ayatollah-Khamenei-martyred-in-US-Israeli-attack
It’s still a massive loss if true. Just like the loss of President Raisi and Maduro and Solemaini and Nasrallah. Khamenei was the most hardline and anti-reformist and anti-Israel element in the entire Iranian government. Best case scenario we get another like him, but it’s also possible we get a softened and more reformist replacement like with Hezbollah and Venezuela
In his absence, the civil government of Pez might get up to some real treasonous and defeatist fuckery
It’s not great person theory of history to acknowledge that individual figureheads represent coalitions of power and that it can be effective to kill the ones you oppose and let the more squishy reformist and defeatist elements live and steer the direction of the government via assassinations. This is what Israel and the US do with their repeated strikes at the head.
I don't think that's true. I also don't think the Hezbollah and Venezuelan situations are comparable.
Does anybody with more knowledge of Islam and the Arab world know if the whole martyr thing would make Khamenei dying a different reaction than other world leaders?
Dude is like 90 years old if he gets killed he gets to be a martyr defending his state against Satan in his people's eyes instead of dying of prostate cancer or something lol
Arab here . I can't speak for everyone but martyrdom it an important concept in politics and history here
If he died by the hands of Pissrael, he would be seen as a hero by much more people probably, and that's not mentioning the large shia minority populations regionally who largely support him/Iran
Well looks like that is the case now, US/Israel got him.
Oh my God. And I just woke up....
Rest in peace.
can't say what this would mean for khameini or a similar figure dying dying if anything so take this with a pile of salt but i think martyrdom is pretty relevant for shiʽis, especially that of the 3rd Imam ḥusayn (and his entourage) at karbala which is commemorated every year and involves the largest annual pilgrimage in the world (something like 20 million people). for twelvers (the kind of shiʽi Iran is) in particular this seems to be a big and pretty emotional affair so if i had to guess i'd say it could have some weight
The Zionazi team of amerikka and pissrael want him dead hoping that Iran falls apart. That's literally the plan. Absolutely insane.
I think there is almost zero chance of Iran "falling apart" just because Kahmenei died. The man was 87 years old.
I agree. And it will turn into a longer conflict which I desperately hope Iran can weather and without too many civilian casualties. But fucking America and the Zionazi entity love killing civilians. Already 90 children dead. We really do live in the world fucking world
I think it's more of a blow to morale for the people than anything that they're hoping for. But honestly I think this is just a ruse to try to sniff out where he's hiding. If some upper folks start to panic and call around to find out Israel can probably sniff out those communications.
Another good reason for Iran to develop its intranet.
No Iran confirmed it now. He's dead sadly.
They're likely feeling very emboldened by Venezuela (which, in fairness, I think most people predicted wouldn't go the way it did).
Imagine if Venezuela sent missiles at Miami
Yeah thats what I'm thinking. They're really feeling themselves after some successful imperialism.
Iranian Foreign Minister claims he's still alive. Schrodinger's Khamenei I guess.
Edit: Cat Box opened, Khamenei found dead RIP.
I've been watching presstv and while not admitting that he's dead, they did touch on the possible scenario that he was killed, and the host goes on about how honorable martyrdom is. Iran has a bad track record of keeping their top generals and nuclear scientists safe, so it's possible that Khamenei was killed. Should've built the Nuke...
EDIT: Presstv just confirmed that Khamenei has been Martyred.
We're about to find out if Iran has imported juche necromancy
I had no idea any of this shit was going on. Jesus Christ.
There was build up for a long time, but this has all happened very quickly.
Now being reported by western media that it’s being reported by Iranian state media, trying to find the actual report…
Start sinking the boats in the straight right now.
The Iranians wouldn't know if he's dead, that's the point of keeping his location secret.
Personally I hope he's dead and replaced with someone who believes in nuclear sovereignty.
Incredibly disrespectful to wish him dead, despite any positives you might imagine coming from it. An entire country is mourning but at least you got your wish, right?
Yes. Let's find out together. And thank you, I hope my wish comes true.
OP, did you mean for your layout to be like this?...
Key points:
Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, senior Israeli official tells Reuters
Israel and US launched strikes on Iran
President Donald Trump says action will give Iranians a chance to topple their rulers
Hits reported in Israel and Gulf states as Iran retaliates
Attack triggers fear and panic as Iranians flee cities
Global airlines have cancelled flights across the Middle East
Let's see if this leads to...
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Will the IRGC sink ships in the Strait of Hormuz? Will they set the Saudi oil fields ablaze? All I know is that somewhere in hell, Dick Cheney and Henry Kissinger are smiling up at us.
The "Key Points" were copy-pasted from the Reuters article.
Fake news.
Man!
Unfortunately it is true. He is dead.
Iranian State Media now confirming it. Maybe some humility along with reasonable doubt in the future.