The Islamic Republic’s Geopolitical Suicide

*This article was originally published in French

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On February 28, 2026, at 9:45 a.m., American and Israeli missiles struck Tehran. Khamenei, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, the Defense Minister — decapitated within minutes. 47 years of the Islamic Republic reduced to rubble. How? A CIA source had pinpointed the Supreme Leader’s location hours before the attack: a meeting of senior officials that morning, intelligence of “high fidelity” transmitted immediately to Tel Aviv. An operation planned for night moved to dawn. You don’t get a second shot at a window like that.

But the most staggering part isn’t there.

Simone Rodan-Benzaquen is senior envoy for Europe at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).