Iran on the morning of 1 March officially confirmed the death of Ali Chamenei, the ultimate Leader killed in American-Israeli strikes begun on 28 February. Tehran declared mourning and announced severe penalties. The war continues, there are raids, rocket retaliation and tensions rising in the Gulf States, and in parallel there is simply a real effort to block the Ormuz Strait. The era of a peculiar man is ending, but the muslim Republic...
