Iran: Blog Reports Khamenei Dead

[phoenix80]

Iran: Blog Reports Khamenei Dead

January 04, 2007 23 51 GMT


The online blog Pajamas Media reported Jan. 4 that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died at age 67, citing an unnamed source. The blog said that Farideh Vafai, a spokeswoman for Reza Pahlavi, the former shah of Iran, said, "We cannot confirm this news. We have heard rumors but so far have no confirmation." The reliability of this information is unknown.

http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=282571

Also see this one

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&ncl=1112445842

 

[Team Infidel]

That is interesting... Who replaces him... Same ol same ol, or someone a little more progressive?

 

[phoenix80]

That is interesting... Who replaces him... Same ol same ol, or someone a little more progressive?

More repressive but I predict that the regime will go down through battles between power hungry factions of the system.