Iran ; explosions across Tehran following Israeli and US strikes, 28 February 2026

[bestill]

They might want to lineup a replacement for him too

Yes and he just inherited his fathers wealth!! Does he have a wife and children?

 

[Ruminations]

< sip for focus>

To echo MLK Jr. “Let freedom ring!”

PLEASE don't do MLK dirty like that.

The Sermon Where MLK Spoke Candidly on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

<p><dropcap>T</dropcap>he Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. recalled falling to his knees and weeping during his visit to a divided Jerusalem in 1959.</p><p>“It was on a ...

www.rsn.org

There is no reason to think he'd be celebrating this attack.

 

[Seni]

Khameni's son named as successor? Anyone have a link?

 

[HmmMysterious]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028962240276140251

 

[JennieM]

Snipped by me

When children grow up in conflict, they often develop into rigid thinkers who cling to prejudices and have little regard for the dignity of others, she continued. "When a country restricts opinions, it restricts its own future."
...

Although Melania Trump remained silent on the Iran war, top UN diplomat Rosemary DiCarlo did address it during the hearing. She recalled that armed conflicts have not reached this high since World War II, and that the conflict in the Middle East also underscores the importance of the issue. "The reality is clear: when conflict breaks out, it's the children who suffer the most."

https://nos.nl/artikel/2604767-vred...ump-bij-vn-is-primeur-hypocriet-vindt-iran[/]

Does she actually victim blame children who survive “conflict”?

 

[SouthAussie]

The US has never sold those things to Iran and never will. That’s utter nonsense.

This article is from Sept 1980.


Between 1970 and 1978, the Shah of Iran ordered $20 billion worth of arms, ammunition and other military merchandise from the United States in what one member of Congress called 'the most rapid build-up of military power under peacetime conditions of any nation in the history of the world.'

In May 1972, President Nixon and Henry Kissinger flew to Tehran and signed a secret agreement with the Shah. Iran was then permitted to order virtually any weapons systems it wanted. Within months of the May 1972 showdown, the Shah ordered eighty F14s at an estimated cost of $2 billion, as well as dozens of other US weapons systems. Iranian spending on U.S. arms soared from $500 million in 1972 to $2.2 billion in 1973 and a staggering $4.3 billion in 1974. In addition to the F-14s, major Iranian purchases included:

To round out the Iranian shopping list, one would have to include billions of dollars worth of such mundane items as transport planes, armoured personnel carriers and artillery pieces. All told, the Shah ordered $20 billion worth of US arms between 1972 and 1978, or about double America's military sales to all countries of the world for the twenty five years following World War II.

Military Madness

In 1977 the Shah spent nine million dollars on arms, conveniently tipping half Iran's oil wealth back into Western coffers. But when the spending stopped the Shah had a bigger price to pay. Michael Klare reports.

newint.org

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028962011636236600

 

[SouthAussie]

Khameni's son named as successor? Anyone have a link?

@MassGuy posted this link earlier.

Post in thread 'Iran ; explosions across Tehran following Israeli and US strikes, 28 February 2026'

Today at 3:55 PM

Coming from Iran International which is generally reliable but not without its biases:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028932783511372039

• MassGuy

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[MassGuy]

This article is from Sept 1980.


Between 1970 and 1978, the Shah of Iran ordered $20 billion worth of arms, ammunition and other military merchandise from the United States in what one member of Congress called 'the most rapid build-up of military power under peacetime conditions of any nation in the history of the world.'

In May 1972, President Nixon and Henry Kissinger flew to Tehran and signed a secret agreement with the Shah. Iran was then permitted to order virtually any weapons systems it wanted. Within months of the May 1972 showdown, the Shah ordered eighty F14s at an estimated cost of $2 billion, as well as dozens of other US weapons systems. Iranian spending on U.S. arms soared from $500 million in 1972 to $2.2 billion in 1973 and a staggering $4.3 billion in 1974. In addition to the F-14s, major Iranian purchases included:

To round out the Iranian shopping list, one would have to include billions of dollars worth of such mundane items as transport planes, armoured personnel carriers and artillery pieces. All told, the Shah ordered $20 billion worth of US arms between 1972 and 1978, or about double America's military sales to all countries of the world for the twenty five years following World War II.

Military Madness

In 1977 the Shah spent nine million dollars on arms, conveniently tipping half Iran's oil wealth back into Western coffers. But when the spending stopped the Shah had a bigger price to pay. Michael Klare reports.

newint.org

Not with Komenhei in power.

They’ve been under an arms embargo since the mid 80’s.

No legal or open U.S. arms sales to Iran have occurred since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
• After 1986, U.S. policy has been strict embargo and sanctions on Iranian weapons procurement.
• Any weapons Iran has obtained since then have come from Russia, China, North Korea, domestic production, or illicit networks — not the U.S.

 

[SouthAussie]

Not with Komenhei in power.

They’ve been under an arms embargo the entire period of his rule.

No legal or open U.S. arms sales to Iran have occurred since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
• After 1986, U.S. policy has been strict embargo and sanctions on Iranian weapons procurement.
• Any weapons Iran has obtained since then have come from Russia, China, North Korea, domestic production, or illicit networks — not the U.S.

I was just responding to your post that said that the US had never sold arms to Iran.

imo

 

[Dotta]

Khameni's son named as successor? Anyone have a link?

Iran's new supreme leader is named - Iranian TV network reports

Mojtaba, 56, Ali Khamenei's second oldest son, has strong links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and was reportedly chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[imstilla.grandma]

What the president determined is he didn’t want to just ... keep the country safe from an Iranian nuclear weapon for the first three, four years of his second term. He wanted to make sure that Iran could never have a nuclear weapon, and that would require, fundamentally, a change in mindset from the Iranian regime,” Vance said Monday night in an interview on Fox News.

“So he saw that the Iranian regime was weakened, he knew that they were committed to getting on that brink of a nuclear weapon, and he decided to take action because he felt that was necessary in order to protect the nation’s security,” he added.

Vance reinforced the message later that night in an X post that included a clip of the interview.

“President Trump will not get the United States into a years-long conflict with no clear objective,” he wrote. “Iran can never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. That is the goal of this operation and President Trump will see it through to completion.⁩”

Vance's anti-war posture collides with his more hawkish views on Iran

The vice president is skeptical of foreign entanglements. He also has a history of asserting that "weak little bombing runs" aren't enough to stifle Iran's nuclear capabilities.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Momoffourboys]

Khameni's son named as successor? Anyone have a link?

Report: Khamenei’s son chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader

Assembly of Experts' selection of Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly made under pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

www.ynetnews.com

 

[lonetraveler]

Not with Komenhei in power.

They’ve been under an arms embargo since the mid 80’s.

No legal or open U.S. arms sales to Iran have occurred since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
• After 1986, U.S. policy has been strict embargo and sanctions on Iranian weapons procurement.
• Any weapons Iran has obtained since then have come from Russia, China, North Korea, domestic production, or illicit networks — not the U.S.

Obama made sure that Iran had plenty of money to buy any weapons they wanted. IMO.

 

[nao]

Does she actually victim blame children who survive “conflict”?

Moo..I am not sure what she is trying to say. The reality is a child will either grow up with fear or anger if growing up in a conflictual relationship. Whether parents or culture..moo

 

[Seni]

It is KhAmenie.

To avoid confusion with Khomenie many years ago

Not with Komenhei in power.

They’ve been under an arms embargo the entire period of his rule.

No legal or open U.S. arms sales to Iran have occurred since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
• After 1986, U.S. policy has been strict embargo and sanctions on Iranian weapons procurement.
• Any weapons Iran has obtained since then have come from Russia, China, North Korea, domestic production, or illicit networks — not the U.S.

 

[otto]

Carney has weighed in to support nuclear weapon prevention, and to express regret - referencing the failure of international order. Canada wants a rapid de-escalation, which means In My Opinion he does not agree with 4-5 weeks of bombing Iran, or longer, and ground troops should not be in the region while eliminating nuclear weapon threat.

"Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has long supported efforts to dismantle Iran's nuclear program, but called for a "rapid de-escalation of hostilities" to save civilian lives.
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"We took a position because we view the nuclear threat and the export terrorism of Iran as one of the greatest threats to international peace and security," he added. "In that limited sense, we support this action. That is not a blank cheque, that is not us participating, that is not us asking for something in exchange for that."
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Carney said Canada "supports efforts" to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "Canada has long supported the imperative of neutralizing this grave global threat," he said. "We take this position with regret because the current conflict is another example of the failure of the international order."
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Carney added that Iran's regime is "the biggest exporter of terror in the world" and had "murdered scores of Canadians." "Nobody has a civil nuclear program that's buried a mile beneath the desert," he said. "That is a threat."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/conflict-with-iran-9.7109761

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

Not sure if this was posted on this thread or not. NPR online March 3, 2026 article by The Associated Press (AP) entitled ‘Melania Trump presides at UN Security Council meeting as U.S. attacks Iran’:

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/g-s1-112272/melania-trump-presides-un

That presiding over the UN Council IIUC occurred yesterday, March 2, 2026. The timing of that is interesting IMO. MOO

 

[lonetraveler]

Report: Khamenei’s son chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader

Assembly of Experts' selection of Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly made under pressure from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

www.ynetnews.com

This does not give me a warm fuzzy feeling.

 

[Wishbone]

Khameni's son named as successor? Anyone have a link?

The senior clerics responsible for selecting Iran’s next supreme leader met on Tuesday to deliberate, and the son of the slain former leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, emerged as the clear front-runner, according to three Iranian officials familiar with the deliberations.

The officials said that the clerics were considering announcing that the son, Mojtaba Khamenei, would be his father’s successor as early as Wednesday morning but that some had expressed reservations, fearing that it could expose him as a target for the United States and Israel. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Son Emerges as Leading Choice to Be His Successor

If Mojtaba Khamenei is chosen by Iran’s senior clerics, it may signal a victory for hard-liners, an analyst said.

www.nytimes.com