The Islamic Republic of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is dead.
After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu carefully announced that Khamenei may not have survived the first wave of military attacks during Operation Epic Fury, it is not being reported that he is indeed dead.
"Khamenei was the contemporary Middle East’s longest-serving autocrat. He did not get to be that way by being a gambler. Khamenei was an ideologue, but one who ruthlessly pursued the preservation and protection of his ideology, often taking two steps forward and one step back," Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of FDD’s Iran program, told Fox News Digital.
"Khamenei’s worldview was shaped by his militant anti-Americanism and antisemitism, which first manifested itself in his protests against the Shah of Iran," he added.
This development is significant.
Taking out the "head of the snake" could lead to regime change, as thousands of Iranians are expected to continue their protests against the regime.
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