Fox claims Ayatollah confirmed dead…
BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed dead, @TreyYingst reports. pic.twitter.com/P0ienUGr5L
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 28, 2026
BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed dead, @TreyYingst reports. pic.twitter.com/P0ienUGr5L
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 28, 2026
Assuming Khamenei is actually dead, what happens when a figure arises in Iran to fill the vacuum who is not some old conservative, but an actual, fanatical hardliner?
A revolutionary radical who believes himself to be the Mahdi, or is, in some eschatological sense, actually the man to whom these Islamic prophecies are pointing. Obviously not an endorsement of Islamic theology, but an acknowledgement of distorted truths presenting themselves as geopolitical events unfold.