Where’s Khamenei the Younger? He has appeared in public recently as – a cardboard cutout.

I don’t think this is a spoof, although it looks like one:

Reports are that he was wounded in the blast that killed Khamenei the Elder. We don’t know how badly, but that cardboard figure probably isn’t reassuring to his supporters. It gives new meaning to the term “figurehead”:

According to former Iranian news anchor Ehsan Karami, Mojtaba Khamenei has been admitted to Sinai Hospital in Tehran and is currently on a ventilator.

Karami alleged that Mojtaba Khamenei was seriously injured in the airstrikes that reportedly killed his father, Ali Khamenei, on February 28. He further claimed that Mojtaba remains in a coma and is unaware of the outbreak of the ongoing war or the deaths of family members in the bombardment.

Iran’s state television has not confirmed the hospitalization but recently referred to Mojtaba Khamenei as a “Jaanbaz of Ramadan,” a term commonly used in Iran to describe a wounded war veteran, confirming his injury.

I suppose, though, that it would be clever of authorities to appoint someone already deceased as Supreme Leader – then he couldn’t be re-killed.

There’s also this:

A report by The New York Times, citing three unnamed Iranian officials, said Khamenei had sustained injuries during the attacks, including wounds to his legs. Officials said he remained alert but was sheltering in a highly secure location with extremely limited communication.

I suppose it’s theoretically possible they don’t want any recordings that could be traced. But not even audio? Seems unlikely he’s “alert” enough to record a message.

At this point in time, is the IRGC being targeted by Israel and/or the US? It’s hard to say exactly what’s happening, but the IRGC seems to be in power at the moment. Israeli strikes have been reported on IRGC infrastructure:

The Israel Air Force has launched another “wide-scale wave of strikes” against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) infrastructure across Iran on Wednesday afternoon, simultaneously with strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut, the IDF said.

In addition, the IDF struck several IRGC infrastructure sites in Tehran and other Islamic Regime military strongholds throughout the country.

Does this include the IRGC personnel?

It is exceedingly difficult to penetrate the fog of this war plus the fog of the MSM – our own, and of course Iran’s. Just to take one example of so many, I saw a link to a CBS article that had the following headline: “Trump vows to end war soon as Iran hits ships, threatens banks, and toll on U.S. forces emerges.” Sounds as though Trump is saying he’ll cry uncle as soon as we sustain losses of any magnitude whatsoever. What is in the story, though?:

— Suspected Iranian drones hit at least three ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz overnight, continuing attacks that have paralyzed traffic through the vital shipping lane despite a stern warning from President Trump.
— President Trump has said again that the war will end “soon,” whenever he decides it should, as Iran says it’s ready for “a long-term war of attrition that will destroy the entire American economy.” Iran also warned that it would start targeting U.S.-linked banks across the Mideast.
— Drones hit Dubai’s airport overnight, wounding four people… The UAE said it was intercepting Iranian drones and missiles, too.
— Approximately 140 U.S. service members were wounded in the first 10 days of the war with Iran, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the U.S. and Israel were “winning” the war and rapidly meeting their objectives.

Quite a difference between the headline’s implications and the article’s details.

Of course, the fear is that Iran has terror cells seeded all over the US and many Western countries, and that these will be activated. That could happen. There are also threats from Iran that it has ships that will attack California:

ABC claims to have read the [police] alert sent out. It says in part:

“We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the U.S. conducted strikes against Iran. We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack.”

The New York Post describes it as an “army of drones” that could be launched from a vessel off the West Coast of the United States.

Seems to me that if Iran hasn’t done this yet, they might not have the capacity to do it. But it’s certainly troubling. Then again, I think the goal of the MSM is to terrify the American people and spread the word that Trump is endangering us and that Iran is stronger than ever. If he keeps the war up, they’ll say it’s a dangerous quagmire. If he leaves, they’ll say he cut and run before liberating the people. But the goal was always to degrade their missile and nuclear capabilities and kill much of their leadership; that’s already been accomplished. Trump always said regime change was up to the Iranian people.

And the war is apparently still continuing, with Israel and the US determined to keep bombing for at least a few more weeks.