Mossad's trolling split Iranian society ahead of Khamenei's funeral
Just two days before the start of the state funeral of Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Mossad decided to remind Iranians of the most awkward question for the regime: where is the son? The organization's official…
Assessment
Two days before Ali Khamenei's state funeral, Mossad's Persian-language account posted a poll asking whether Mojtaba Khamenei would appear at the procession. The options and their results, with 80 percent voting that Mojtaba does not exist, reveal a deep public skepticism about the regime's narrative. The intelligence agency's public trolling has forced a question the Iranian leadership likely wanted buried under funeral pageantry. The real story is not the poll itself but the fact that nearly 1,850 Iranians engaged with it, exposing a fissure between official reality and popular belief.