US EditionIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Who Led the Islamic Republic Since 1989, Is Dead at 86
The US aims to prevent Iran's partition and authoritarian rule by setting firm red lines supporting a democratic, territorially intact Iran with local autonomy, officials said.
- The US-Israel killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei produced the Islamic Republic of Iran's most uncertain power transition since 1979 and increased outside intervention risks.
- Within hours, Washington-based mapmakers and exile channels circulated scenarios including Khuzestan, Kurdish areas, and Baluchistan as open hunting grounds under outside influence.
- The IRGC moved early to claim order after Khamenei's killing, while Washington faces the temptation to back a new shah or general, risking ownership of that leader's repression.
- U.S. policy must refuse any breakup strategy for Iran, and the White House should oppose partition and new dictatorships while insisting Iranians alone decide their internal arrangements.
- A restrained U.S. role would guarantee the outer frame, support constituent assemblies, and back monitoring while favoring rational decentralization in Iranian peripheral regions.
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