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đŸ’„â€œIran War” Update

Mar 09, 2026
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Iran has responded to the killing of its longtime supreme leader in the U.S.–Israel war by selecting his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, proving that even revolutionary theocracies occasionally rely on the time-honored political tradition of family succession.

The 56-year-old cleric, who has never held elected office but has s


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