Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Here’s who’s really leading Iran with supreme leader MIA and top commanders killed in strikes
Ronny Reyes and Isabel Vincent / NEW YORK POST 

Seventeen days — that’s how long the latest leader of Iran lasted.

Ali Larijani just became the de facto head of the oppressive Islamic regime after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by Israeli missiles from space on Feb. 28,

Larijani was killed Tuesday in targeted strikes that also took out the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ brutal Basij militia.

They are just the latest hardline leaders killed since the start of the war. Others include the head of Iran’s National Defense Council, the commander of the IRGC, the defense minister and the intelligence chief.

Since then, Iran’s clerics elected Khamenei’s “probably gay” son Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader — but he’s not been seen in public since the strike that killed his father, wife and son.  

Even President Trump said he’s not sure whether Mojtaba is alive or dead. Read more and see video here.

Trump’s fiery response to NATO allies over Strait of Hormuz: ‘They will do nothing for us’                                        Emily Goodin / NEW YORK POST 

President Trump put NATO allies on notice Tuesday after they shunned his request for assistance in keeping the Strait of Hormuz open for international shipping.

Trump, both publicly and on social media, lashed out at European allies – including France and the UK – for their refusal to help and implied their defiance would have broader repercussions for the entire alliance.

It’s certainly something that we should think about,” he told reporters in the Oval Office when asked if he would remove the United States from NATO. “I don’t need Congress for that decision, as you probably know, I can make that decision myself.”

The president has never been a fan of the Cold War era alliance, complaining, since his first term in office, that its members don’t pay an equitable share of dues and are too dependent on the U.S. for protection. 

“I’m very disappointed in NATO, very disappointed,” he said. “We spend trillions of dollars on NATO. Think of it, trillions over the years, many trillions of dollars. It’s one of the reasons we have deficits.” Read more, see X, maps and video here. 

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