During the opening salvo of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28, the United States and Israel launched a series of airstrikes against Iran that intentionally killed Iran’s head of state, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with several other senior Iranian officials. Given the intent, scale, and effects of the joint operation, the strikes constituted both an act of aggression and a violation of the internati...
The article presents a critique of the Khamenei assassination from multiple angles. First, it draws parallels between this event and past US attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, as exposed by the Church Committee in 1975. The piece argues that these plots paved the way for the Cuban Missile Crisis, suggesting a pattern of escalation and unintended consequences. Second, the article questions the legality and morality of assassination as a tool of foreign policy, particularly given Khamenei's ...