Retired Air Force Brigadier General Blaine Holt breaks down the escalating air campaign in Iran on Saturday’s “America Right Now,” and what the arrival of B-2 bombers means for the mission ahead.
The death of Iran’s supreme leader will entrench the repressive system rather than allow for durable reform. The post Giving Khamenei a Martyr’s Death appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Giving Khamenei a Martyr’s Death The death of Iran’s supreme leader will entrench the repressive system rather than allow for durable reform. The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been hailed as a decisive blow to the Islamic Republic. While this moment may feel like history turning a page, Khamenei’s death at the hands of his mortal enemies—Israel and the United States—plays directly into the Islamic Republic’s founding eschatological worldview, which exalts resistance and martyrdom. Rather than weakening the system, it may ultimately harden the very order it was meant to undo. As the…Open
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, apologized for the waves of strikes hitting Gulf states, then hours later claimed Iran had not attacked its “friendly and neighboring countries” in this war.