Kevork Almassian: Ali Khamenei is dead...
Ali Khamenei is dead and a lot of Americans are suddenly asking: What exactly is the plan for the day after?
Because the people who whispered in Trump’s ear — Netanyahu and others — sold him a fantasy: kill the head of the system and Iran collapses like a domino line.
But Iran is not Syria. Syria’s state structure was tragically over-personalized, so when the leadership was removed, everything collapsed fast. Iran, for all its flaws, is a nation-state with multiple pillars, broader political participation, elections, competing factions, and institutions that don’t vanish overnight just because one man is gone.
And here’s what the war planners never understand: even many Iranians who dislike the Islamic revolutionary approach can still connect the dots and remember the pattern: everywhere the Americans and Israelis intervene, the country ends up worse. So they may not love the system, but they can still see this as a war on the nation, not just “the regime.”
Then comes the obvious question: who is the alternative? Because if the answer is Reza Pahlavi, the U.S.-based “prince” who’s never run anything in his life, then you’re not offering Iranians a future.
And that’s why this matters: the original U.S. idea wasn’t just decapitation. It was decapitation plus a triggered uprising, so the people “finish the job” for you.
The plan — for now — failed.
https://x.com/KevorkAlmassian/status/2028893141751984476
