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Kill the Leader, Collapse the State? The US-Israeli Miscalculation on Iran
The Middle East has again descended into yet another crisis with the United States and Israel imposing a second war on Iran within a year and pushing the region into what is gradually turning into its most dangerous confrontation in decades. The initial American and Israeli air strikes on February 28 targeted Iranian government installations in Tehran and assassinated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei along with several senior government officials. Those killed included his key adviser Ali Shamakhani, Iran's Defense Minister Nasir Nazizadeh, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammad Pakour, and Armed Forces chief Abdolrahim Mousavi, among others. The American forces also targeted an elementary girls school in Iran’s Minab region the same day, killing 168 children aged 6-12,…
Kill the Leader, Collapse the State? The US-Israeli Miscalculation on Iran
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It was meant to be the beginning of calm after one of the most devastating wars Gaza has ever seen. On October 9, U.S. President […]