Breaking News: The Iranian State Television (IRIB) has confirmed the death of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
He was killed in an air strike by the United States and Israel on Tehran. Previously, Trump and Israeli officials had announced his elimination. The Iranian side long denied it, but now it has been officially confirmed by the Iranian State Television.
The End of an Era?
Comment: Iran has already prepared a well-organized power succession and emergency system, and the regime will not collapse because of this. Although Supreme Leader Khamenei holds the most power, the entire state machinery (such as the Assembly of Experts, the Guardian Council, and the Revolutionary Guards) has already formed a "decentralized" decision-making mechanism.
Iran has already deployed four layers of succession teams, wartime takeover mechanisms, and a collective command structure. Leadership changes will smoothly transition according to the plan, without any power vacuum. The US and Israel believed that eliminating the core figure would overthrow the regime, which completely underestimated the resilience and pressure resistance of Iran's theocratic system. Individuals can be eliminated, but a highly organized state machine will never stop just because one person falls.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1858422945570825/
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