IRAN IN TRANSITION: STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT – Post-Khamenei Succession Crisis, Retaliatory Doctrine & Regional Escalation Calculus

ABSTRACT — FORENSIC STRATEGIC IMMERSION Strategic Context: The Threshold Crossed On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel executed what analysts are already calling the most consequential direct military action against a sovereign state since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Joint U.S.-Israeli strikes killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at his compound in central … Leggi tutto IRAN IN TRANSITION: STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT – Post-Khamenei Succession Crisis, Retaliatory Doctrine & Regional Escalation Calculus