A few days back they announced that a new Supreme Leader has been appointed in Iran - he being Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56 year old son of the former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
But Mojtaba has not been seen in public since February 28, 2026 which is the day Israel attacked Iran and killed Ali Khamenei and members of his family. It was said at that time that Mojtaba Khamenei had also been killed, he was seriously wounded, he lost one leg, he went into a coma and is still in a coma or all of the above.
It was quite a surprise for a lot of people that he had been chosen as the Supreme Leader of Iran. Chosen by who because the 88 member Council of Experts (who choose the Supreme Leader) has also been largely killed.
But Mojtaba has not been seen in public, he has not made any video messages or audio messages since February 28th. And for the announcement of his appointment as the Supreme Leader they brought out a cardboard cutout of Mojtaba at an official ceremony. Picture below. People ended up kissing the cardboard cutout.
There are more incoherent reasons why Mojtaba has not been seen in public and why they brought out a cardboard cutout.
It is possible that some elements of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp) in Teheran have engineered a coup de etat. There is no replacement for the Supreme Leader. All the likely choices have been killed in the airstrikes.
My view is the IRGC has used the chaos in Iran to engineer this coup de etat. They first declare Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader. Dead, in a coma, has lost one or both legs does not matter. As long as he is incapacitated and is not around to spoil the soup. If he is dead or is incapacitated what it really means is that the IRGC has denied or blocked the next-in-line mullah from becoming Supreme Leader again. Meaning the IRGC is now in charge of the regime. Using cardboard cutouts of Mojtaba Khamenei to legitimise whatever they do.
And after sufficient time they may announce that Mojtaba died of his injuries.
Despite being killed 14 days ago on Feb 28th, the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has not had an official funeral. This is strange considering that other ranking Iranians who were also killed have been given official funerals. Either his body is in the freezer or they have given him a quiet burial - minus any publicity.
Which also provides a 'cover story' for his son Mojtaba the new Supreme Leader (in case he too is dead) NOT having to attend his father's official funeral.
