Overnight: Iran Picks "Unacceptable" New Supreme Leader; Trump: "Won't Last Long"

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Iran has named the 56 year old son of recently killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the country’s new supreme leader. Mojtaba Khamenei is known to have close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard and has been in charge of coordinating the military. President Trump has already said Mojtaba would not be an acceptable choice and any new leader not approved by Trump would “not last long.”

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed human.
0:13.8	Hey there, folks.
0:15.0	It is Monday, March 9th, and Iran has a new supreme leader.
0:22.4	With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.
0:26.0	They didn't get the message about regime change, apparently.
0:29.2	Yes, and a new leader with the same name and amid warnings, he will suffer the same fate.
0:37.9	Robs, a week ago, the war started.
0:40.7	And we were at war against Iran and its supreme leader, Ayatollah, Hamanae.
0:47.0	A week and a half later, we're at war with Iran and supreme leader.
0:51.1	Hamonay.
0:52.1	What's happening now?
0:53.7	He's younger.
0:54.6	He's 56 years old.
0:55.8	So 30 years, the junior of his dad.
0:58.3	Yes, folks, after all the...
1:00.0	It seems bizarre, quite frankly,
1:02.9	that here we are, a week and a half
1:04.5	into this war where, yes, regime change
1:07.1	was said as a goal initially
1:10.3	that the regime robs, according to this election,
1:15.1	is intact.
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