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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

this is not a job for an useful idiot, this is job for next grand ayatollah and current one is 85 years old

[–] JustZ 0 points 1 month ago

I agree with you. This is a huge deal that will change the future of Iran. Dude was very popular And had the loyalty of the military.

[–] FlyingSquid -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nonsense. Iran has had multiple presidents who never became Mullahs, let alone the Ayatollah. There have only been two Ayatollahs. The current one was president, but that was before Iran rewrote its constitution. Note that Ahmadinejad is not the Ayatollah today.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

well Raisi specifically was a serious candidate. Ahmadinejad fell out of favours with Khamenei as he was deemed too nationalist, and Rouhani apparently was too weak on foreign policy

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Even if that is the case, I doubt he was the only serious candidate. They wouldn't have been that short-sighted. This is not the end of the regime. This will barely make an impact in the lives of most Iranians.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

oh absolutely, but things will become much less stable

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

well look it up for yourself, apparently Khamenei jr is most likely pick right now https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Supreme_Leader_of_Iran_election

[–] Bernie_Sandals 3 points 1 month ago

Hmmmm the guy everyone thought was gonna be leader next suddenly dies and the son of the current leader is now the heir presumptive... I know nowhere enough about Iranian politics and ik it was a heli crash but this sounds suspicious as hell.