Guess who's the top pick to replace Ayatollah Ali Khamenei??

[herding cats]

His son. Who's already been doing much of the work involved in the roll for a while now. He's just as hardline and repressive as his father.

Trump said they killed all the people in line to take over the government. I'm sure the slated successor and son of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was actively being groomed to become the next supreme leader and continue his father's legacy just slipped his mind?!

"He was slated to become the successor for a long time,” Mr. Nasr said, “but for the past two years, it seemed to have dropped off from the radar. If he is elected, it suggests it is a much more hard-line Revolutionary Guard side of the regime that is now in charge.”

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is an influential if reclusive figure who has operated in the shadows of the empire of his father, who was killed on Saturday in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.

Mr. Khamenei is known for having close ties to the Revolutionary Guards. The Guards, according to the three officials, pushed for his appointment, arguing that he had the qualifications needed to steer Iran in this time of crisis.
“Mojtaba is the wisest pick right now because he is intimately familiar with running and coordinating security and military apparatuses,” said Mehdi Rahmati, an analyst in Tehran. “He was in charge of this already.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/world/middleeast/iran-mojtaba-khamenei-successor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QlA.qfNm.PcfhYTEeySqj&smid=url-share

[WarGamer]

1. Irrelevant... they will never form a new ruling gov't

Israel will keep putting missiles through windows

[PeaceWave]

7. Caves don't have windows. He'd better get used to a life lived underground.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Trump wants someone who will hand him oil and cash.

[ananda]

6. And real estate for Jared.

...

[allegorical oracle]

3. Relieved to read that the answer to your question was not Eric Trump.... nt

[herding cats]

4. That made me laugh!

[chowder66]

5. Yeah that's gonna work out well. Revenge much?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. This guy?

[milestogo]

9. I was sure it was going to be Stephen Miller.

[BannonsLiver]

10. If only there had been some way to have anticipated this. Some kind of historical context.

And now they�re briefing Congress about ground troops.

[Prairie Gates]

11. Probably ready to negotiate with the people who...checks note...killed his Mom and Dad

[bdamomma]

12. Yep

figures. Remember that saying "whack a mole", and another comes up.