From one of the open source sites:
Iranian media: Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has long been discussed as one of the potential successors, has been eliminated. pic.twitter.com/6Fy8mkHe47
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) March 1, 2026
Ex-President Mahmoud ‘Israel must be wiped off the map’Ahmadinejad has also departed the scene.
Except for the whole 'finish the job Hitler started' worldview, the A-man was enough of a whack job to be interesting.
First up, some of the calls to genocide by various Iranian leaders, June 2025:
"War Between Israel and Iran Is Inevitable"
Just as the Jews mean it when they say "Never again," The Iranians mean it when they say they will destroy, annihilate, eradicate Israel. Some examples after the jump....
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....Israel's Eradication – An Ideological And Practical Goal Of Iran's Islamic Revolution Regime
....Iranian Regime Officials On Destroying Israel – From Previous Years
....MUCH MORE
And some of our posts on Iran (there are dozens/hundreds):
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to hear from YOU!
- Iran Claims Antarctica As Its Own, Plans To Build Settlement At South Pole
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Weighs in on U of Michigan Head Football Coach Jim Harbaugh
- Ahmadinejad in the Big Apple: "Wacky week in NY for wolf in cheap clothing"
- A Plan to Solve All The World's Problems
From the Miami Herald:
...On Aug. 17, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proclaimed that Israel’s existence is an “insult to all of humanity.” A couple of weeks earlier, he told a gathering of Muslim diplomats that, “anyone who loves freedom and justice must strive for the annihilation of the Zionist regime.”
Ever the optimist, the president explained that this would help “solve all the world’s problems.”...
Well there you go.
Ahm a dinner jacket, a man with a plan.
- Iran: "Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery"
- "Iranian political rivals trade accusations of ‘Israeli infiltrators’" PLUS....
- "Fidel to Ahmadinejad: 'Stop Slandering the Jews'"
And finally, a very interesting story from January 2026:
"The Obscure Bank Collapse That Sent Iran Into a Tailspin"
Not that the rest of the posts aren't interesting but the bank failure combined with the drought really destabilized the country over the last few months, leading in part to the protests where as many as 40 to 50 thousand people have been killed by the regime.
August 2025 - Is Iran running out of water?
The country has had an expanding problem for years, and it is bad enough that the Iranians accused Israel of stealing Iran's clouds.
This is the sort of thing that leads to war.
