Iran seems to have learned little from June 2025 in this regard, despite the massive telegraphing. Where were all these leaders? It shows the extent to which Iran has been infiltrated. They better have organized rapid replacement protocols of many deep layers.
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A lot of hits in Israel and across ME for just a few missiles, you might want to reconsider if you want to commit to the few missiles narrative
Little evidence for any of that.
It's unclear how many missiles Iran has left but the strikes on TELs seem to have been much less effective this time around, probably because most of the damage last time was from spies who have now been burnt. Maybe Iran is running low but there isn't really any evidence of this and given there was a long telegraphed run up, it seems unlikely they have less missiles now than they did during 12 day war after 1st day.
What is clear however is that the defense on the US/Israel side is much worse. The Iranians are firing piecemeal, not in the huge Russia style salvos over Ukraine, and not in particularly huge numbers. Yet there are a lot of hits, far more than first few days of 12 day war. That indicates either improved Iranian missile performance (including related factors like moving from GPS to Beidou) or serious depletion of Israeli/US interceptors or both. There is actual evidence of this unlike the assertion that Iran is running out of missiles.
Bahian, UAE and Kuwait are easy targets. Minimal AD.
4 drones can destroy their 30 billion airports.
The media uses assumption in many cases which is only 50% correct. So take it with a grain of salt. The media said Iran's missile launchers were mostly destroyed which is not the case.
4 drones can destroy their 30 billion airports.
The media uses assumption in many cases which is only 50% correct. So take it with a grain of salt. The media said Iran's missile launchers were mostly destroyed which is not the case.
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On the contrary, the leaders were the very problem here. They refused to allow Iran to do what was needed. Luckily, with total war, as well as all the assassinations of overly naive and cautious leaders, comes a certain level of autonomy and freedom for the Iranian Military now. Especially since it seems that they still have plenty of cohesion and unity. Political indecisiveness and hesitance will likely have less of an effect going forward
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Many Western media is citing Mojtaba Khamenei, second son of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as a potential candidate. Best to wait and see.
The fact that shaheds are getting through proves US/Israel is doing a much worse job than they did in 12 days war.
Edit: Also I don't know why you guys are giving the troll any attention, just block him lol
Khamenei's death has a rally around the flag effect on Iranian gov supporters.
Going back to the issue of succession. The pragmatic thing for Iran to do during wartime is probably to put in place a figurehead successor, while keeping REAL decision makerS (with an emphasis on the plural) in the background.
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