Iran has a new spiritual leader. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was elected as the third leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Council of Experts. He is the son of martyred leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

Iranologist Ashot Badalyan in his opinion, it should be expected that the Iranian side will ensure the safety of Mojtaba Khamenei by all possible means, taking into account the threats coming from the USA and Israel.

“Iran’s message is clear, which was also expressed by the Secretary of the Security Council, Ali Larijani, that even in war conditions and in the background of Trump’s threatening statements to bombard the building where the meeting will be held, they called a meeting and elected a supreme spiritual leader. This also contains another message that the system in Iran is stable and does not depend on the person.

The US and Israel expected that if they killed Ali Khamenei, the system would collapse quickly, but we did not see the collapse of the system, it is still stable. 168TV-in “Revue” he said during the program.

According to him, the actions of Iran and the US will probably be limited to airstrikes on the places where the supreme spiritual leader of Iran is located. “The Iranian side will certainly take all measures to protect him. The capabilities of the USA and Israel should not be underestimated either, because they have advanced systems, they can even track movements from space with satellites. After the assassination of Ali Khamenei, the British Daily Mail published an article, according to which they were able to identify Khamenei’s location.

With the help of cameras in Tehran, they were able to determine the movement of security officers’ cars, where they park their cars, and thus they were able to reveal Ali Khamenei’s location. It should be emphasized that during these 47 years of the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran, such a situation had not yet occurred and this is the first time that such a war situation was created, the supreme spiritual leader was killed and a new one was elected.

It is too early to make predictions about the end of the war, because the USA and Israel have not achieved their goals, and conditional, if the war ends today, then what did all this give the USA and Israel? If the problem was the assassination of Ali Khamenei, then Mojtaba Khamenei was elected, who may have an even more radical position than his father.

As for the nuclear program, even last year, Trump stated that it was eliminated, and there is no longer a nuclear program in Iran, that is, the question will arise: what was Israel’s goal? The system is stable, it works, a new supreme spiritual leader has been elected and a chaotic situation has not been created in the country. In other words, stopping the war under these conditions will be a blow to the reputation of the USA and Israel, which they are aware of, and it is difficult to predict a cessation of hostilities.”

According to him, during the military operations of this year and last year, the USA and Israel expected that mass protests would start inside Iran and a chaotic situation would arise, but neither last year nor this year, such developments took place. “It is interesting that in January of this year, when protests were going on in Iran, and Trump announced that he would support the protesters, but there was no outstanding action by Trump, and already when the military operations started, we see more marches, rallies and anti-American and anti-Israel appeals by supporters of the government. In other words, at this moment, the expectations that the USA and Israel had when starting the military operations were not justified, and the society acted unitedly.

Regarding the possible effects of this war on Armenia, he mentioned that at the moment the consequences will be mostly economic.

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