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Khamenei Preparing to Flee
« on: January 05, 2026, 08:17:16 am »
POWERLINE 1/4/2026

The London Times reports that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is making plans to flee to Russia if protests against his misrule continue:

    Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has a back-up plan to flee the country should his security forces fail to suppress protests or desert, according to an intelligence report shared with The Times.

    Khamenei, 86, plans to escape Tehran with a close circle of up to 20 aides and family, should he see that the army and security called on to quell the unrest are deserting, defecting or failing to follow orders.

Which is how unpopular dictatorships collapse. Fleeing to Russia, of course, is what Bashar al-Assad did. And Khamenei is a fan of Vladimir Putin:

    Khamenei also “admires Putin, while the Iranian culture is more similar to the Russian culture”.

More: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/khamenei-preparing-to-flee.php
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Re: Khamenei Preparing to Flee
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2026, 08:38:01 am »
The Iranians Persians need to keep the pressure on so this happens.
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Re: Khamenei Preparing to Flee
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2026, 08:47:23 am »
I hear Siberia is nice this time of year.
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Re: Khamenei Preparing to Flee
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2026, 04:15:07 pm »
If khamenei does in fact board that escape plane (with family), I'll take a guess that the existing government of Iran will collapse fairly quickly afterwards...
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Re: Khamenei Preparing to Flee
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2026, 04:44:41 pm »
So, martyring himself is off the table?  Interesting. 

He clearly does not believe his own religious book.  Yet he sent hundreds of others to martyr themselves to secure their place in paradise.
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Re: Khamenei Preparing to Flee
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2026, 06:08:29 pm »
I wonder if he would accept a farewell gift by the US of a vintage, gold plated pager?

We could ask Israel to hand-make it.
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