Eliminating the supreme leader doesn’t end the conflict. It transforms it into a matter of principle and raises the odds of a wider Middle East war
Overnight, Tehran confirmed the death of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following US and Israeli strikes on his residence early on February 28. In strategic terms, this marks a watershed moment in the architecture of the Middle East conflict. This was not a tactical raid or a calibrated show of force, but a decapitation strike at the very apex of Iran’s state system.
The confrontation between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other has now…
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