Listen up, because the elites in the legacy media just can’t help themselves from whitewashing the world’s worst thugs. The Washington Post slobbered all over the obituary for Iran’s dead Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, painting him as some kindly grandpa with a “bushy white beard and easy smile” who “cut a more avuncular figure” than his scowling predecessor. Avuncular? That’s liberal-speak for “uncle-like,” as if this guy was handing out candy at a family barbecue instead of ordering mass graves and funding rocket attacks on civilians. Yeah, right. This clown was no folksy elder statesman—he was a blood-soaked tyrant who turned Iran into a theocratic hellhole, crushed his own people under his boot, and exported death and chaos to every corner of the globe. Khamenei bit the dust on February 28, 2026, in a joint US-Israeli airstrike that flattened his Tehran compound, and good riddance. But let’s rip the mask off this “avuncular” nonsense and expose the monster who spent 37 years as Iran’s top dog, leaving a trail of bodies from Tehran to Tel Aviv.
An actual paragraph from WaPo eulogizing Khamenei pic.twitter.com/OZPO94KRhd
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The Domestic Despot: Turning Iran into a Prison State
Khamenei didn’t just rule Iran—he strangled it. Taking over in 1989 after Khomeini’s croak, he rigged the system to keep power in the hands of hardline mullahs like himself, squashing any whiff of reform. Elections? A joke. The economy? A dumpster fire, with inflation hitting 50% in 2022 while he hoarded billions in his palaces. But the real horror show was his war on his own citizens. This “easy smile” guy oversaw the execution of thousands—over 800 in 2025 alone, mostly for bogus crimes like protesting or just being in the wrong place. Hangings, floggings, stonings—you name it, his regime dished it out.
Remember the 2009 Green Movement? Peaceful folks hit the streets after a stolen election, and Khamenei’s goons mowed them down, killing dozens and jailing thousands. Fast-forward to 2022, when Mahsa Amini died in custody for not wearing her hijab right—sparking nationwide riots. His response? Over 500 dead, 20,000 arrested, with security forces blasting protesters in the head and eyes. Women leading the charge got the worst: rape in prisons, forced confessions under torture. And it didn’t stop. In late 2025 and early 2026, as economic misery boiled over into massive demonstrations, his forces killed over 3,000, including kids, in a crackdown that made Tiananmen look tame. Arbitrary arrests topped 16,700, with reports of shotgun pellets ripping through crowds and attacks on hospitals treating the wounded. Khamenei called protesters “rioters” and “terrorists,” greenlighting “decisive” action that left families burying their children. By February 2026, at least eight death sentences were handed down to young protesters, some as young as 18, after sham trials laced with torture. This wasn’t governance; it was genocide lite, all while he preached piety from his fortified bunker.
Exporting Evil: Khamenei’s Terror Factory Goes Global
If Khamenei was a nightmare at home, abroad he was a walking apocalypse. His playbook? Arm, fund, and train proxy militias to spread Iran’s revolutionary poison, turning the Middle East into a powder keg. We’re talking hundreds of millions funneled annually to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis—terror outfits that did his dirty work while he kept his hands “clean.” The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, his personal enforcers, trained fighters in Iranian camps and shipped weapons via Syria and Iraq, all to poke America, Israel, and anyone else in the eye.
Start with the classics: In 1983, under Khamenei’s early influence, Iranian-backed Hezbollah bombed the US Marine barracks in Beirut, slaughtering 241 American service members. A year later, they hit the US embassy annex, killing 23 more. Jump to 1994—the Argentine Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires, 85 dead, courtesy of Khamenei’s Hezbollah pals. Then 1996: Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, 19 US airmen blown to bits by another Iranian proxy. Khamenei’s fingerprints were everywhere, from IEDs in Iraq that killed over 600 US troops since 2003 to the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis, fueled by Iranian rockets and cash.
He didn’t stop at the region. Khamenei’s regime backed Shia militias in Yemen’s civil war, arming Houthis to lob missiles at Saudi cities and disrupt Red Sea shipping. In Syria, he propped up Assad with IRGC forces, helping slaughter thousands while turning the country into a highway for weapons to Hezbollah. Lebanon? Hezbollah’s his puppet state within a state, with thousands of Iranian-supplied rockets pointed at Israel. And don’t forget the nukes: Khamenei pushed enrichment past 60% by 2024, inching toward bomb-grade while lying about “peaceful” uses. His “axis of resistance”—Iran, Iraq, Syria, Hezbollah, Houthis—was just a fancy name for a terror syndicate that destabilized the globe, all to distract from his failing theocracy at home.
The End of the Line: Airstrike Justice and Iran’s Reckoning
Khamenei’s reign of terror ended fittingly on February 28, 2026, when US and Israeli jets turned his Tehran hideout into rubble during Operation Epic Fury. Satellite pics showed the compound smoking, his body pulled from the wreckage riddled with shrapnel. He was 86, but age didn’t mellow him—right up to the end, he was ranting about destroying Israel and funding proxies to attack US bases. His death decapitated the regime: Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh, IRGC ground forces commander Mohammad Pakpour, and up to 48 other top thugs went down with him. Iran fired back missiles, but most got swatted like flies.
Now, with Khamenei worm food, Iran’s wobbling. The Assembly of Experts is scrambling for a successor, but hardliners like IRGC chief Hossein Salami might grab the reins, turning it into a full military junta. Protests could erupt again—75% of Iranians wanted secular rule in 2025 polls, with youth unemployment at 30% fueling the rage. The nuke program’s in craters, economy’s tanking with oil exports halved. This could spark civil war or a real shot at freedom. America First means we don’t appease these clowns—we hit them hard, like Trump did. No more billions in “relief” funding bombs. Khamenei’s “avuncular” legacy? A pile of corpses and a failed state. The Post can spin it all they want, but the truth is, the world’s better off without this smiling slaughterer. Time for Iran to wake up and join the civilized world—or get hammered again.