The #IranWar started with objective of regime change. 1 month later millions are marching in US in #NOKINGSINAMERICA2026 against Trump, protests across Israel against the war & people on streets in #Iran in display of national unity. By end of this year, Trump's party would have lost control of congress, Netanyahu will have lost the elections and no longer PM & the Iran regime will still be standing. What a monumental failure this war has been!
Ayatollah Khamenei knew he was an assassination target, yet he chose to stay in his office in his well known compound.
I can only assume that he believed it was beneath his dignity to hide under a mountain and that he craved martyrdom.