US EditionErrors in Mojtaba Khamenei's First Message Dictated by IRGC Raise Questions About His Condition
Mojtaba Khamenei’s statement backed regional proxy attacks and blocking the Strait of Hormuz, reflecting IRGC influence amid regime turmoil and contested leadership.
- On Thursday, four days after his selection, Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first written statement threatening new fronts, referencing proxies in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and blocking the Strait of Hormuz, with state text showing errors and sources saying it was dictated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Because Khamenei has been absent from politics over the past year, he issued only a last year video message, while reports say he may be seriously wounded and kept in an underground safe location outside Tehran, with many senior officials not seeing him.
- President Masoud Pezeshkian apologised on Saturday, saying the interim Leadership Council approved a halt to strikes, but within less than an hour the IRGC launched an attack on Dubai and Basij and security forces in Tehran intensified live fire with several killed.
- Following the leadership announcements, many people in Tehran and other major cities took to the streets to celebrate, with residents chanting 'Death to Mojtaba,' and Judiciary Chief Gholam‑Hossein Mohseni‑Eje'i denying any halt to strikes.
- Social media users have produced AI-generated mockery while IRGC-affiliated media outlets enhanced scarce images, Fars News Agency reported the new leader as a janbaaz, and his virtual office urged following banned platforms.
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Errors in Mojtaba Khamenei's first message dictated by IRGC raise questions about his condition
The message contained several typographical errors when published and was described by a knowledgeable source in Tehran as having been dictated by the IRGC and released under Mojtaba Khamenei's name
Errors in Mojtaba Khamenei’s first message dictated by IRGC raise questions about his
The message contained several typographical errors when published and was described by a knowledgeable source in Tehran as having been dictated by the IRGC and released under Mojtaba Khamenei's name
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