Posted on 03/07/2015 10:39:18 PM PST by Dave346
Washington, D.C. - Social media is ablaze with rumors that Iranian dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died. Iranian state-media has yet to confirm or deny such rumors.
Cairo-based journalist Gamal Sultan wrote on social media that Khamenei died after suffering from a bout with prostate cancer, after surgery failed to alter the course of his demise, according to Rassd News Network.
Daniel J. Levy of The Times Of Israel wrote on Twitter late Saturday: “Hearing unconfirmed reports from a usually very reliable source of Ayatollah Khamenei’s death today.”
On Friday, Iranian media confirmed that “The commander of the Islamic Revolution, Ali Khamenei, his health deteriorated on Friday morning, and was admitted to a Tehran hospital,” reported Al Bawaba News.
Reports on Thursday revealed that the “Supreme Leader” may have been hospitalized and was said to be in critical condition, according to Israel Hayom. Khamenei, 75, was reportedly rushed to the hospital due to complications from his ongoing bout with cancer.
Since 1989, Khamenei has ruled over the ancient Persian country with an iron fist, succeeding his predecessor, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in instituting Islamic law over Iran.
In 1983 and 1984, while he was President of Iran under Khomeini, Khamenei oversaw the Iran-backed killings of hundreds of American servicemen in Lebanon.
Iran continued to target American soldiers during the United States’ most recent war in Iraq. American officials believe that Iran was primarily responsible for supplying IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) to jihadist groups during the war. The explosive devices, many of which were utilized as booby traps and roadside bombs, killed many American soldiers.
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Obama is saddened today.
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Yep, the IRGC apparatus is as dogmatic as the SS was. They’ll be sure to vet any future supreme leader the Assembly of Experts plans to select.
There is absolutely no mileage to be gained by speculation in this case.
Let it run its course, and it will run its course. Very few, I mean, Very FEW would actually know by now if he is dead or alive.
Not much will happen now, “regime change wise” even if he is dead.
Khamenei is and only was a drop in a vast sea of that regime. IOW, the Iranian regime is much bigger than Khamenei & has become so over the last 35 yrs.
In 1989, I was stationed in Turkey when Khomeini died. I got in trouble for posting on my door a pic of the devil staring at Khomeini skewered on a pitchfork saying, “Guess what? This ain’t Heaven and I’m not an American...”
Why has no one mentioned a workplace accident such as Mossadicide?
Dumb or smart, rich or poor. No one can escape the great equalizer.
Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter better get their bags packed for the funeral and Obama should get ready to declare flags at half staff in the US to show the Arab world what good guys we are. Marie Harf also should get some tissues to read the tearful condolences from the State Department.
I see it. Let’s see what happens now.
Don’t forget that in addition to the 200 Americans he blew up in Lebanon, he did the same to over 50 at the French Embassy at that time. Not long after, there was also a truck bomb at our Embassy in Kuwait that killed something like 6 or more people. What I don’t understand is why Obama and Kerry don’t emphasize these deaths during the Reagan Administration every time someone brings up Benghazi?
“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
That’s what I’m thinking. Same Shiite, different day.
There’s mourning in the White House I’m sure.
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