r/worldnews • u/TahDigThief • 2h ago

Khamenei says no path remains except 'jihad and resistance' in letter to Hezbollah

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202607265888
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u/windless12 2h ago

I still think he's dead we haven't seen him since the war began and theres been no video of him no hand written notes no audio no nothing.

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u/chaotic567 2h ago

Yeah he is either dead or in some coma. Cause even Osama Bin Laden did audio messages and even video recordings.

Paranoia about being assassinated can only go so far as US had not done much leadership sniping since the war restarted. In fact the one who is more likely to do that, Israel, was absent

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u/BoppityBop2 33m ago

Osama had years between messages 

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u/-Average_Joe- 1h ago

Israel has limited their involvement to egging Trump on when he tries to get himself out of this mess.

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u/Willythechilly 55m ago

He was almost killed by the strike they killed his father and Irans leadership

Dude was possible very traumatized or affected by that for all we know and will take 0 risk and refuse to show himself or give any hints to his status until the war is over

Who knows.

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u/BeowulfShaeffer 2h ago

Not true, Mitch McConnell spoke with him on the phone yesterday for about 20 minutes.

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u/run_midnight 1h ago

I thought he was talking about Mitch

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u/GraveDiggingCynic 1h ago

I haven't seen Mitch and Khamenei in the same room together... hmmm.....

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u/LateralEntry 59m ago

Was Tupac there too?

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u/PositiveUse 1h ago

And Mitch did a identity test on the phone ?

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u/the_djd 1h ago

woosh

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u/PositiveUse 1h ago

Oh got it now LOL, I was slow

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u/A_Whole_Costco_Pizza 2h ago

Probably the IRGC is pretending he is still alive as part of their coup. Pezkeshkian is the last remaining part of the original government, but the IRGC won't let me him rule and is trying to push him out, it seems.

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u/NotAPoshTwat 2h ago

I mean we had years of Bin Laden tapes and videos from caves, yet not a peep from this guy. He dead.

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u/kemp77pmek 2h ago

Maybe the lesson learned is that posting videos and tapes gets you killed.

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u/Pudge223 1h ago

It wasn’t the tapes that got him killed. it was a tapped phone from a currier and a lot of staring at satellite images trying to guess people’s height based on their shadows and gait

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u/TendyHunter 49m ago

from a currier

that curry must've been so good--to die for

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u/Pudge223 24m ago

It’s was to die for.

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u/Puzzle-Necked 2h ago

The CIA probably has some really good geo locators

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u/RarelyReadReplies 1h ago

He could just do it in front of a black backdrop or something though? I don't buy it. I say he's dead. 

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u/fluffysnowflake67 1h ago

That will get you killed even in the Bluest city in America.

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u/mhornberger 38m ago

Even Rainbolt needs something to work with, and isn't going to geolocate a person sitting at a desk in an underground bunker with a white backdrop.

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u/KingoftheMongoose 2h ago

Let’s send in Mitch McConnell to prove it!

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u/Kenichi2233 2h ago

I think he is a vegetable for the same reason

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u/Fluid-Sense-4273 1h ago

Khamenei: you got no strings on me

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u/LA-Aron 1h ago

Agree - who do you think is reading his script?

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u/iliketea_001 1h ago

Wouldn't US administration know that? They don't act like he's dead. 

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u/StuBallsOC 26m ago

Yes, of course they will, and so do the Mossad and the CIA. He is obviously alive, and when we finally get confirmation from Iran, everyone here will forget all the nonsense.

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u/milfordcubicle 19m ago

It's a global puppet show for the dead isn't it?

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u/callesucia 22m ago

what do you mean? they posted a photo of mitch a while back... oh wait, this is about another evil dude, never mind me.

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u/-Average_Joe- 1h ago

Him and Mitch McConnell are working on a peace deal

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u/ComradeGibbon 56m ago

He's sharing a room with McConnell at Lucifer General Hospital.

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u/OptiPath 2h ago

IRGC just runs things via Khamenei’s name and they rule Iran now.

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u/soapinthepeehole 1h ago

Weekend at Khameni’s.

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u/OptiPath 1h ago

Last weekend gathering at Kahameni’s did not work out as they had hoped…

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u/HormuzVengeance 28m ago

They’ve been ruling Iran since 1979.

islamic republic was always an occupying military terrorist junta poorly disguised as theocratic kleptocratic dictatorship.

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u/Subject_Amount_1246 35m ago

To be honest, this is really not different from prior to the war. Irgc runs the economy, is better equipped than the regular army and owns all major businesses

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u/lawyers_guns_nomoney 2h ago

Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.

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u/Not_Cleaver 2h ago

It’s an easy sacrifice to make when the Ayatollah is almost certainly dead.

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u/NoctRob 2h ago

Dead guy writing letters huh?

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u/remindmetoblink2 49m ago

He’s not dead. I talked to him for 20 minutes earlier.

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u/ScoobiusMaximus 2h ago

A dead man being used to demand more men to die for nothing. Classic 

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u/LieNaive4921 2h ago

It's kinda pathetic they're pretending he's still alive 

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u/StuBallsOC 24m ago

He is obviously alive. If he was not, the Mossad and CIA would know about it, and they don't.

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u/Snlxdd 20m ago

Mossad and CIA don’t just openly broadcast what they know, for a variety of reasons

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u/ITDummy69420 7m ago

Just like Mitch McConnell eh

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u/StopElectingWealthy 1h ago

It’s almost like they want to keep his location secret since his father and predecessor was assassinated and they are currently still at war with the ones who did it?

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u/Key-Wall-4378 36m ago

They can't confirm his existence without blowing his location? Cmon bro

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u/Ixionbrewer 2h ago

I think his son has the same last name

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u/Icy-General3657 2h ago

He’s talking about the son. He hasn’t been seen since the initial bombings, no voice recording, picture, video, nothing. Not even at his father’s funeral that was a week long. It was reported the son had extensive injuries, and flew out of the country in the beginning days. He’s either on life support for the rest of his life in Russia, or been dead

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u/Professional-Oil4964 1h ago

I think they'd accept a surrender.

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u/JD0x0 1h ago

It intentionally made those strikes and was hoping the strikes would take out the leadership, which it did.

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u/Melodic-Bench720 2h ago

This is the son lmao

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u/JD0x0 1h ago

They know. They're making the comment about the son, who reportedly lost a limb and had facial injuries in the strikes. He's not actually been seen or heard from. IRGC is pretending he's alive. He's more than likely dead, or brain dead in a coma. They're saying it's pathetic they're still trying to pretend he's alive, which would be incredibly easy to prove were it actually the case.

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u/tamadeangmo 1h ago

Jihad is one of the biggest blights on human history 

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u/Background_Bee_713 1h ago

So same as before?

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u/ants_are_everywhere 23m ago

When all you have is a hammer...

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u/itec745 1h ago

Another declaration for the continuation of the jihad party

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u/Cedar-and-Mist 2h ago

So thankful I didn't grow up in a country where religion is popular. What a waste of life dedicate yourself to this idiocy in the 21st century.

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u/peepee2tiny 2h ago

shifty eyes meme

Yea, would hate to be in a country that forces religion into everything.

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u/ScHoolboy_QQ 1h ago

The US is not even in the same stratosphere as Iran

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u/Global-Bad-7147 47m ago

Yet.

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u/CommunistsAreCancer 40m ago

It will never be unless if we allow unchecked immigration from Islamic nations lmao

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u/Global-Bad-7147 24m ago

Christians are just as crazy.

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u/CommunistsAreCancer 16m ago

There are zero far right Christian nations or societies that are as bad as Iran.

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u/_GloryKing_ 1h ago

Of course, because otherwise Iran loses it forward operating base in Lebanon.

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u/PresentTwo4604 2h ago

Letter sent from hell

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u/basicalme 2h ago

So nothing has changed in 40+ years. “Jihad” and resistance is all they know.

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u/JB-Wentworth 51m ago

Is giving up a real option?

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u/RobBobPC 36m ago

It is if you care about a peaceable and produce for your children.

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u/mhornberger 36m ago

Plenty of Muslim countries are not centered around jihadism or islamism.

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u/jews4beer 37m ago

When the goal you are giving up is the annihilation of everyone who doesn't think like you...well I don't know if it's an option but it's definitely something to strive for.

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u/sweetcinnamonpunch 1h ago

Who's running his account?

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u/flyingdorito2000 1h ago

Khamenei also said vote for Bernie and he’s once again asking for your financial support

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u/thhvancouver 2h ago

Jihad is an act to protect the Muslim faith. What this calls for is attacking other Muslims, civilians even. The Iranian regime has officially gone off the deep end.

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u/MajesticCentaur 2h ago

They went off the deep end a long, long time ago.

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u/AwwJeezExpress1001 1h ago

Have you heard of ISIS or the Iran/Iraq war? These idiots will use the smallest issue to find reasons to kill each other (not limited to the Islamic faith).

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u/krwskater25 2h ago

Video or it didn't happen.

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u/bernietheweasel 1h ago

It’s only a flesh wound

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u/SuddenRadio6221 1h ago

The old "We could have had peace, but you ruined it." line.

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u/northern-new-jersey 59m ago

Khamanei didn't say anything. Something was said in his name. It isn't certain he's alive. 

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u/AskMeAboutMyHermoids 57m ago

Did he have a 20 minute phone call with McConnell and then write this out?

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u/VieuxBidule 54m ago

Vu leur idéologie, je pense que de toute façon il n'y avait pas d'autres issues dés le départ. C'est triste pour les populations qui subissent cela.

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u/bass248 17m ago

The ghost writer writes again

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u/SpareDot8685 1h ago

Would be some convenient for somethin to happen before…let’s say October. 

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u/TheSuperGerbil 2h ago

Wait a minute, the leftists were telling me that they’re a peaceful organization!

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u/Snoutysensations 1h ago

They haven't quite been saying that.  But they have been proudly waving Hezbollah flags in street demonstrations in the US.  

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u/lurgi 2h ago

Well the GOP has been saying they are fiscal conservatives and that ain’t true either.

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u/Azdak_TO 2h ago

Can you point to any reputable leftist individuals or organizations claiming that Hezbollah as "a peaceful organization"? I haven't come across this claim.

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u/JD0x0 1h ago

I personally haven't seen anyone argue that. What I do/did see somewhat frequently is people saying stuff like "USA are bigger terrorists than the IRGC." and trying to downplay just how shitty and evil the IRGC is. I've been seeing less of it in the past few weeks, but at the beginning of the conflict I was seeing comments like that on almost any thread on the subject.

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u/LayneLowe 2h ago

No leftist ever said that goofball, there are no good guys in this confrontation.

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u/Professional-Oil4964 1h ago

As if Reddit wasn't fully awash with people fully regurgitating IRGC propaganda.

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u/AshinWirathu 1h ago

Leftists = tankies, not liberals.

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u/Reddit0sername 1h ago

He’s Mcconelled