Iran’s leadership is likely to prove resilient despite US-Isreali decapitation tactics, analysts said.
Dozens of senior Iranian officials, including the former supreme leader Ali Khamenei and national security chief Ali Larijani.have been killed since the start of the bombing raids on February 28.
Tehran has argued these changes did not matter. “Of course, individuals are influential, and each person plays their role – some better, some worse, some less – but what matters is that the political system in Iran is a very solid, “ Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Al-Jazera earlier this month.
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The war in Iran has entered its fourth week, with US President Donald Trump threatning to seen more warships and marines to the region.
The possible escalation is in sharp contrast with the US raid on Venezuela earlier this year, when President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were adbucted in a three-hour raid.
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The conflict has lead to a major spike in oil prices, and President Donald Trump has said that the United States would halt strikes on power plants for the next five days.
Guy Burton, an independent political analyst, said the Iranian system had been “designed to withstand both external military pressure and internal dissent”.
