COMMENTARY: By Bonface Chisutia
On the night of February 28, the Israel-US airstrike killed his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his wife, his brother-in-law and sister-in-law.
According to a recent report from Reuters, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei suffered life threatening injuries and apparently lost his leg and has a disfigured face.
The report said he communicated through written statements read by TV anchors and audio conferences with senior officials.
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I don’t want to believe Reuters or any puppet media from the West but I would like to believe that the new supreme leader is not in full capacity as expected.
Well, despite all that, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is still grounded, strong and with no signs of collapse.
They lost 40+ senior leaders but still fought two superpower countries to a ceasefire. They still control the Strait of Hormuz and have thousands of missiles and drones left.
This simply points out to the fact that IRGC is in control and guess who is the leader?
Led IRGC for decades
Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of the martyred Ali Khamenei, who led IRGC for decades with a hand injury over a bomb explosion in a tape recorder in 1981.
Imagine you were Mojtaba who has just lost all your family to a brutal attack that claimed even more lives in your country.
In one way or another you survived and you have people taking instructions from you.
At this point I don’t think death scares you anymore because you saw death in its true colours and even had a conversation with it.
Back to myself, what if I was Mojtaba Khamenei? First, no surrender. I would fight to the last microsecond and die fighting but surrendering is where I draw the line.
Second, the Strait of Hormuz is non-negotiable. It is our territorial waters and remains under our control. We do with it what we want. It’s ours, period.
After all, it was open and safe for all until someone decided to attack us and now we call the shots. It’s either you agree with our terms of gerrarahia!
Two options on missiles
On our missile programme, two options. It’s either we maintain our missile programme or develop nukes.
We won’t sit here and be at the mercies of aggressive enemies like Israel and US with no options to protect ourselves.
It’s either we can nuke you or we can missile you one or both options. Imagine just being there and being limited to defensive missiles capabilities yet those asking you to do that are the same people attacking you during negotiations!
Uranium enrichment. Let everyone enrich uranium and use it however they want. It’s either everyone can or no one can’t. No selective privileges.
Lastly, if I was Mojtaba Khamenei, those who murdered my family would definitely pay, not by dollars, not by Shekel and of course not by propaganda but by blood.
What would you do, if you were Mojtaba Khamenei?
Bonface Chisutia is a writer and academic based in Nairobi, Kenya. This commentary is republished from his Facebook account.
