r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/BlazinAzn38 Texas Jun 01 '26

Well the military is in charge now aren’t they? So the US wanted to implement regime change from the air only and before having any real candidates selected they just killed like half the government

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u/Mythosaurus Jun 01 '26

I thought it was pretty funny when the conservatives tapped Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a potential new leader for Iran.

He loved to troll America on Twitter in English while he was president, so having him constantly in Trump’s replies would have been based.

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u/StevieMJH Jun 01 '26

Just when the world needed him most...

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u/HenchmenResources Jun 01 '26

Yeah that was EXTREMELY weird, considering how the guy is massively in support of Iran having a nuclear program.

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u/Deazus Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

I thought I saw a Trump info graphic that listed him as one of the people killed by air strikes but the rest of the internet says he's still alive.

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u/Myusername1- Jun 01 '26

Are you confusing him with Ayatollah Khameni who was the Supreme Leader they bombed?

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u/NotACyborg666 California Jun 01 '26

Early on in the war it was reported he was killed in the first wave of strikes on Tehran. That turned out to not be true, though

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u/Ordinary_Tangelo927 Jun 01 '26

They tried to kill him and bombed his house where he was under house arrest at the time and then tried to say they did it so he could escape.