Iran

J.E.DYER: ”IS AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI DEAD…….?

Well I did say already, that the top Shiite anti-Semite was on his death bed.

Khamenei in the hospital

BREAKING: Has Ayatollah Khamenei died?

A quick take as midnight flees:

We knew he had been hospitalized on Friday.  Whether he is dead or dying, one thing this development would do is make it prudent to delay concluding agreements of any kind with Iran.  Frankly, the Obama administration would stand against the entire world if it tried to push something by its self-imposed deadline of 24 March.  Even Russia and China would consider that wrongheaded — for any kind of deal, no matter how poorly negotiated by Obama and disadvantageous to the United States.

Social media is ablaze with rumors that Iranian dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died. Iranian state-media has yet to confirm or deny such rumors.

Cairo-based journalist Gamal Sultan wrote on social media that Khamenei died after suffering from a bout with prostate cancer, after surgery failed to alter the course of his demise, according to Rassd News Network.

Daniel J. Levy of The Times Of Israel wrote on Twitter late Saturday: “Hearing unconfirmed reports from a usually very reliable source of Ayatollah Khamenei’s death today.”

On Friday, Iranian media confirmed that “The commander of the Islamic Revolution, Ali Khamenei, his health deteriorated on Friday morning, and was admitted to a Tehran hospital,” reported Al Bawaba News.

Jordan Schachtel adds a point that is sure to interest many:

The rumors concerning Khamenei’s possible death come at the end of the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the thwarting of a Persian plot meant to destroy the empire’s Jews. The Book of Esther states that Haman, who served as a minister to who is believed to be King Xerxes I, planned to slaughter all of Persia’s Jews, but his plot collapsed after Mordecai and Esther exposed it.

At least some Western observers will be watching for signs of a dissident push:

History has shown that a country’s power structure is most vulnerable when its leadership appears to be in a state of transience. It remains to be seen whether Iran’s dissidents will seize the moment of uncertainty and rise up in an attempt to take their country back from its Caliphatist despots.

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