It was a brilliant strategy by the Iranians to have their entire leadership blown up all at once

I didn't think you would understand, and I was right. You didn't. Let me explain it slowly for you this time. Khamenei was 86 years old and he chose to die. He could have gone to Moscow, but instead he chose to stay in Tehran and die for his people. But not only that, but he died along many of his relatives. Another thing you need to understand Khamenei had prostrate cancer, and not long to live. His entire family agreed to martyrdom. He died along with his daughter, his son-in-law, his grandchildren. So the entire family died in this assault. That's why they stayed in their house, they knew the attack was coming. It wasn't really a surprise to anyone.

So what you need to understand first about the war is that even though the Americans and Israelis claimed great success in decapitating the leadership of the Iranians, from the Iranian perspective this is a martyrdom. In the Shia faith, the core value, the force that binds everyone together and gives them purpose and meaning in life, that galvanizes them into action is the idea of martyrdom, which forces jihad. You sacrifice yourself for your religion, sacrifice yourself for the common good. So think of the death of Khamenei as a sacrifice, a self-sacrifice in order to motivate their radiance in this war.

It was a brilliant strategy by the Iranians to have their entire leadership blown up all at once

I didn't think you would understand, and I was absolutely right. You didn't. Let me explain it slowly for you this time. Khamenei was 86 years old and he chose to die. He could have gone to Moscow, but instead he chose to stay in Tehran and die for his people. But not only that, but he died along many of his relatives. Another thing you need to understand Khamenei had prostrate cancer, and not long to live. His entire family agreed to martyrdom. He died along with his daughter, his son-in-law, his grandchildren. So the entire family died in this assault. That's why they stayed in their house, they knew the attack was coming. It wasn't really a surprise to anyone.

So what you need to understand first about the war is that even though the Americans and Israelis claimed great success in decapitating the leadership of the Iranians, from the Iranian perspective this is a martyrdom. In the Shia faith, the core value, the force that binds everyone together and gives them purpose and meaning in life, that galvanizes them into action is the idea of martyrdom, which forces jihad. You sacrifice yourself for your religion, sacrifice yourself for the common good. So think of the death of Khamenei as a sacrifice, a self-sacrifice in order to motivate their radiance in this war.