They are stupid old men
Being in power for more than 30 years just makes you stupid. Consider Cambodia’s Hun Sen and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
By Gwynne Dyer
Jul. 4, 2025
Meta's Oversight Board tells company to allow 'death to Khamenei' posts
Meta's (META.O) Oversight Board on Monday overturned the company's decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan "death to Khamenei" to criticize the Iranian leader.
By Reuters
Feb. 15, 2023
Iran: All options are bad
He may even believe that (he doesn’t get out much), but either way the die is cast. In order to overthrow the regime that the younger generation now reject, they will have to fight it.
By Gwynne Dyer
Oct. 28, 2022
