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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2389 - BREAKING: Iran’s NEXT Leader… KILLED

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

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4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The US and Israel keep on killing Iran’s leadership class; the anti-American class keeps pushing lies about supposed American failure in Iran; and we examine whether our allies are really true allies. Ep. 2389 Check out DailyWire's new show "Be A Man With Me" hosted by Pawel Widawski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-7SSiMS9bE - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dwplus.watch/BenShapiroMemberExclusive - - - Today's Sponsors: Shopify - Sign up for your $1-per-month trial and start selling today at https://Shopify.com/shapiro ExpressVPN - Go to https://expressvpn.com/ben and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! American Beverage Association - Learn more at https://WeDeliverForAmerica.org - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 💘 Season 2 of 'Ben After Dark' is available here: https://dwplus.watch/BenAfterDark 📘 My book "Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/LionsandScavengers 👕 Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://dwplus.shop/BenShapiroMerch - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53  Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ  Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd  Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Folks don't fall for the propaganda. Iran is losing. Not barely losing. They are getting scorched,

0:06.2

actually. One by one, the leaders of the Islamic Republic are being eliminated. General, security

0:11.4

chiefs, regime power brokers, all gone. The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, is dead on day one.

0:17.9

Okay, fine, no biggie, right? The regime had a backup plan. They proclaimed his son, Moshhtaba, Khomeini, an impot, likely gay, half-idiot Mullah as his successor. Even daddy didn't want that to happen. Well, the problem is, Moshtaba has not been seen in weeks, and he may be in a coma. Meanwhile, Iran's command structure is shattered. Their missile capacity has been slashed by 90%.

0:38.5

Whatever is left of the regime is throwing a temper tantrum like a toddler. So the real question

0:43.0

isn't why Iran is losing. The real question is why so many people in the West are pretending

0:47.8

they aren't. This is the Ben Shapiro show.

0:57.9

Folks. Bureau show. Folks, to bring you the news, you need to become a member over at DailyWire.

1:01.9

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1:04.1

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1:09.1

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1:10.5

Go check it out, dailywire.com slash subscribe. So back to the game of musical chairs in Iran. It is now looking

1:16.3

like Ali Larijani, the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran,

1:21.1

will step in as the leader. I mean, here he was walking around Tehran just a couple of days ago.

1:26.4

I mean, there he is, right? Everything's fine.

1:28.8

That was Al-Quds Day or Jerusalem Day.

1:31.7

It was established by the elder Khomeini in 1979 to express support for the Palestinian mission to destroy Israel.

1:37.9

Well, he's competent and cruel, right?

1:39.6

Well, last night, Larjani, who you might remember from such banger tweets as, quote,

1:44.6

our leaders have been and still are among the people, but your leaders on Epstein's Island?

1:49.0

Well, he is no longer among the people.

1:52.1

Like any people, because he's dead.

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