Assessing the Iranian Retaliatory Terror Threat to the United States Following the Assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026, during coordinated United States and Israeli airstrikes on Tehran marked a significant escalation in longstanding tensions between the Islamic Republic and the West. The strikes targeted high-level leadership compounds and resulted in the deaths of Khamenei along with several senior military and…
