“Khamenei gone, now comes the dangerous part: Why Trump must resist regime change trap in Iran”, First Post , March 02, 26
“Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. The fact that news of his killing has emerged within 24 hours of the beginning of the war shows how autocratic regimes often appear far stronger than they actually are. Their centralised authority projects infallibility and control, but history has repeatedly shown that such systems can fall abruptly like a pack of cards when faced with a formidable external adversary.
Khamenei’s death is particularly startling because this war has hardly come as a surprise. Regional tensions had been escalating for months, diplomatic moves were turning frantic, and military preparations were obvious. That the Supreme Leader of a nation that has never shied away from adopting a confrontational posture fell so easily to an enemy strike underscores the vulnerability of even the most entrenched regimes.
More troubling, however, are reports of Iranian retaliatory airstrikes extending beyond Israel towards neighbouring Arab states, including Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, with civilian areas being specifically targeted. These countries had largely advocated negotiated settlements and de-escalation — something which suited the Iranian position more than the American and Israeli…….”
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