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kurtyboy

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12. Yes, they HAD TO HAVE a plan for replacement

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 06:33 PM

5 hrs ago

Khamenei was nearly dead anyway--86 years old and under treatment for cancer. He might die/may have died any day now. A 47-year-old regime didn't get there by not being ready for this kind of succession. If they were that inept, the regime would have folded when Ayatollah Khomeini kicked the bucket in 1989.

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Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources s [View all] highplainsdem 13 hrs ago OP

The theocrats in Iran have a deep bench. dalton99a 13 hrs ago #1

Makes sense......Without boots on the ground or an armed and. organized Esox Lucius 12 hrs ago #2

Of course he would be replaced by a younger IRGC leader. Fla Dem 12 hrs ago #3

Yes, they HAD TO HAVE a plan for replacement kurtyboy 5 hrs ago #12

Trump doesn't care what actually happens. NYC Liberal 12 hrs ago #4

This is something that had occurred to me and should have been an important part of any decision to bomb Iran. Martin68 12 hrs ago #5

The plan is to keep removing leaders until they get one they can buy off - snot 11 hrs ago #6

The IRCG are Soleimani's people. Trump killed him with a drone strike in 2019. We killed another commander last year. ChicagoTeamster 11 hrs ago #7

Supposedly they got him. It won't make things better though. NEOBuckeye 9 hrs ago #8

I agree. Aussie105 7 hrs ago #9

Yes, but not just that. I think these are privileged people that benefit financially JI7 6 hrs ago #10

I studied political science and public policy in graduate school. kurtyboy 6 hrs ago #11

Ask Hezbollah how the line of succession went after Nasrallah Tarc 4 hrs ago #13

Well they killed the head of Figarosmom 3 hrs ago #14