Rumor: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a coma? Or even better Dead?

Rumors Rumors Rumors. Yes, thats all it is rumors, but George Stephanopoulos has decided to post about the rumors of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei being in a coma in Iran, linking to a story from Pajamas Media that posted these details about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei being in a coma. There has even been an update at the site saying that the Tehran Bazaar mentioned that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died (nothing has been confirmed yet, so don’t get excited just yet):

Yesterday afternoon at 2.15PM local time, Khamenei collapsed and
was taken to his special clinic. Nobody – except his son and the
doctors – has since been allowed to get near him.
His official, but secret, status is: “in the hands of the gods”.

Reportedly this collapse is natural. Many would like him to move to his
afterlife but reportedly the collapse was not ‘externally induced’
[no poisioning]. The few insiders who know about the collapse see
this development “as a gift from the gods”.

His condition had already seriously deteriorated over the last
months, aggravated by his nervous condition due to [1] his
inability to solve the problems created by his manipulation of the
election results and the refusal of [a large part of] the
population to accept this, plus [2] his loss of religious authority
by means of the repeated condemnations of events by senior clerics

Reportedly the principal aims of Khamenei of the last couple of
weeks, if not months, were to ensure [1] a positive reputation as
his legacy and [2] the physical survival of his family members and
their wealth, reportedly now largely in Syria and in Turkey (remember the truck convoy of $8.5 billion in cash and gold that was seized by the Turks?).

Outlook is uncertain but speculation is – considering that he is in
coma since more than 24 hours – that he may not come out of his coma and/or that he may die very soon.

If he dies it is expected that immediately a bloody clash will
develop between the powers behind Rafsanjani, who will immediately
claim temporary religious authority and overall control, and the
powers behind Achmadinejad who will scramble in order to regain
control and ensure their survival.

According to a bulletin from the Greens (Moussavi/Karroubi et al), there are widespread rumors in the Tehran Bazaar that Khamenei has died. The Greens say they cannot confirm it, but that there is an “abnormal atmosphere” in the streets, which almost certainly means there are more security people than usual.

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October 14, 2009 · Filed Under Iran

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2 Responses to “Rumor: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a coma? Or even better Dead?”

Tim Randle on October 15th, 2009 4:51 am

Wow. How much bloodshed will this create? More dead Iranians why don’t care, who just want to live their lives…good luck
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