Mojtaba’s father was against nuclear weapons and issued a fatwa (a religious decree) against making nuclear weapons. The Americans decided to drop a bomb on him. The Americans chose to kill the equivalent of the Pope on Ramadan which is the equivalent of Lent leading up to Easter.
Via the War Monitor on X:
Just a reminder that Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has lost the following people in this war:
– His father: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (killed in the opening strikes).
– His mother: (Mentioned in multiple sources as killed in the same or related strikes).
– His wife: Zahra Haddad Adel (or Zahra Adel; explicitly confirmed killed in the strike alongside Ali Khamenei).
– His son: (At least one son reported killed; some accounts specify a grandson of Ali Khamenei as Mojtaba’s child).
– His sister: (e.g., Hoda Khamenei or similar; reported in family casualty lists).
– His brother-in-law: (Husband of his sister, killed in the strikes).
– Other relatives: Including a niece and/or nephew (grandchildren of Ali Khamenei via Mojtaba’s siblings).
