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Palace Intrigue And The Khamenei Succession Question
I harbor a deeply-ingrained aversion to conspiracy theories.
By nature, conspiracy theories are wrong far more often than they're right, which means you're going to waste a lot of time chasing them. And time's money.
If you stumble across a conspiracy theory that turns out to be conspiracy fact, all the time you wasted on conspiracies that didn't pan out can be recouped in one fell scoop (get it?), but the math's a bit like playing the lottery: Yes, someone's going to get that scoop, but no, t
Interesting take.. I know the upper echelon would not be happy with Mojtaba taking the job as supreme leader. From my understanding it was part of the rules set by the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini. If what are postulating is ever found to be true, the Mid East could be an even bigger mess than it already is. I have also read about Alireaza Arafi, who sits on the committee responsible for selecting supreme leaders, could potentially take the job too.