Ayatollah’s son chosen to continue his dynasty.
Not since the overthrow of the Shah in 1979 has there been a dynastic rule in Iran.
After days of concealing their decision to make Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, their new Supreme Leader, four days ago, Iran’s 88-member Assembly of Experts, a body of senior Shiite clerics, decided to name Mojtaba Ayatollah.
However, they withheld their decision until the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) could make arrangements to secure his safety.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would kill Iran’s new Ayatollah.
To the Shite sect of Muslims, the Ayatollah is their equivalent of what the Pope is to Catholics.
And President Trump told reporters that he has to have a say in who becomes the new Ayatollah.
Benjamin Netanyahu has a well-documented history of killing other world leaders and others.
On February 28, 2026, at the start of the latest Israeli, U.S., Iran, et al war, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei allegedly died in a wave of U.S. and Israeli bombings.
Some pundits have said the 86-year-old Khamenei martyred himself for the cause of his people.
Iranians have reported that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was ailing from several diseases, including cancer, and was in poor health.
In other words, the older man committed assisted suicide. If he did in fact choose martyrdom, that is what martyrdom is.
They say, ‘It’s a wise man who sees a speeding train coming down the line and gets the heck out of the way.’
Currently, the 56-year-old Mojtaba, the new Ayatollah, is in hiding.
The New Ayatollah in Hiding.
For his safety, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has taken steps to stash Ayatollah Mojtaba in a foreign nation in the short term.
They have agreed that only trusted doctors, chefs, and dentists may put anything in his mouth.
The selection of Mojtaba may rattle a few feathers among the Iranian people because of the perception of a dynasty forming.
In 1979, the Iranian people overthrew their dynastic Pahlavi monarchy and established the current Islamic Republic.
For most of the world, the appointment of Mojtaba as the new Ayatollah does not affect their lives.
There are some Suni Muslims and Westerners who believe Mojtaba is a religious hardliner.
Therefore, his leanings could have an immense effect on their lives. There are television talking head pundits who believe that Iran’s 88-member Assembly of Experts chose Mojtaba to send a message to Washington and the Israelis. They are saying to Washington: It’s business as usual.
