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[MINILIK SALSAWI]

The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the Iran war generated hope that the regime change the Trump administration and Israel yearned for would come to pass, perhaps with a more moderate new leader stepping up. That, after all, is what happened two months ago in Venezuela, where Delcy Rodríguez assumed power after her boss, Nicolás Maduro, was captured by U.S. forces. The nationwide protests in Iran late last year and early this one hinted at a country potentially on the cusp of seismic change. For a few hours after the bombing started, the maximalist outcome the administration sought seemed within reach, officials told me. ......... READ FULL ARTICLE https://www.theatlantic.com/national-se ... nd/686339/