Iran Supreme Leader Replaced: Ayatollah's son Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran Regime Change And Nuclear Threat

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Supreme Leader, has emerged as the regime’s new hardline figurehead. Former Iranian political prisoner Sheeva Maboudi says the move changes nothing for ordinary Iranians, describing it as an internal show of strength for the regime, the IRGC and its regional proxies rather than a genuine shift in power. She argues the Iranian people are united first and foremost around one goal: toppling the regime.Ian also hears from Jason Brodsky of United Against Nuclear Iran, who warns that Mojtaba Khamenei represents continuity, not reform. He says the new Supreme Leader is deeply tied to repression, secrecy, extremism and the IRGC, and suggests the regime rushed to install him to prevent fractures inside its military and security apparatus. The discussion also examines why some in Britain are mourning the old regime, despite its record of executions, crackdowns and terror.The episode explores the wider questions now hanging over the Iran crisis: what regime change could actually look like, whether a political vacuum is inevitable, and how much of Iran’s nuclear capability still remains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.