President Trump's hopes for a regime in Iran that is easier to deal with, are heartily misplaced. From a Telegraph report, behind a paywall, some more bad news for him.

Iran's new Leader !!

"Few Iranians have more intense personal reasons to loathe America and resist any surrender or compromise than Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been named the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader.

The opening air strikes of this war on Feb 28 killed not only Mr Khamenei’s father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but also his mother, Mansoureh, his wife, Zahra, and probably one of his children.

Having assumed the leadership in personally tragic circumstances, it seems unlikely that Mr Khamenei will be prepared to do America’s bidding or retreat in any way. Donald Trump described Mr Khamenei last week as “unacceptable to me”, adding: “We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran.”

Instead, Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the group of senior clerics charged with selecting supreme leaders, has sent a message of defiance by choosing the supposedly “unacceptable” candidate.

The crucial test will be whether ordinary Iranians now come on to the streets to demonstrate against the elevation of the younger Mr Khamenei. If the transfer of power takes place without a popular uprising, then the outcome of Mr Trump’s war may be that Iran’s regime survives under a still more extreme and obdurate leadership that could, for example, decide that only a nuclear weapon would assure its grip on power."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/09/new-iran-supreme-leader-folly-trump-iran-war/

The omens are not good. I just hope Trump/Netanyahu will find a way to stop this madness before Iran has the same landscape as Gaza !

1 minute ago, TorquayFan said:

President Trump's hopes for a regime in Iran that is easier to deal with, are heartily misplaced. From a Telegraph report, behind a paywall, some more bad news for him.

Iran's new Leader !!

"Few Iranians have more intense personal reasons to loathe America and resist any surrender or compromise than Mojtaba Khamenei, who has been named the Islamic Republic’s new supreme leader.

The opening air strikes of this war on Feb 28 killed not only Mr Khamenei’s father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but also his mother, Mansoureh, his wife, Zahra, and probably one of his children.

Having assumed the leadership in personally tragic circumstances, it seems unlikely that Mr Khamenei will be prepared to do America’s bidding or retreat in any way. Donald Trump described Mr Khamenei last week as “unacceptable to me”, adding: “We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran.”

Instead, Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the group of senior clerics charged with selecting supreme leaders, has sent a message of defiance by choosing the supposedly “unacceptable” candidate.

The crucial test will be whether ordinary Iranians now come on to the streets to demonstrate against the elevation of the younger Mr Khamenei. If the transfer of power takes place without a popular uprising, then the outcome of Mr Trump’s war may be that Iran’s regime survives under a still more extreme and obdurate leadership that could, for example, decide that only a nuclear weapon would assure its grip on power."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/09/new-iran-supreme-leader-folly-trump-iran-war/

The omens on this one are not good. I just hope Trump/Netanyahu will find a way to stop this madness before Iran has the same landscape as Gaza !

Apparently, he's worse than his father!

26 minutes ago, candide said:

Apparently, he's worse than his father!

What kind of screwed up country appoints the

son to take over after the father?

2 minutes ago, Jim Blue said:

What kind of screwed up country appoints the

son to take over after the father?

Be careful….

10 minutes ago, Jim Blue said:

What kind of screwed up country appoints the

son to take over after the father?

Well, the most screwd up aspect is that there are no democratic elections.

13 minutes ago, candide said:

Well, the most screwd up aspect is that there are no democratic elections.

Irrespective of Iran's constitution, elections are bit difficult to organise there at the moment.