# Tehran is a Different Beast Now

- Source: War on the Rocks
- Published: 2026-10-21T07:30:35+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://warontherocks.com/tehran-is-a-different-beast-now/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/tehran-is-a-different-beast-now-a0ee73/

The Tehran that the world knew is gone. It died in the fires with former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war in February. His son and new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei — wherever he is and in whatever physical condition — witnessed his father, wife, and other close family members die in the same airstrike that wounded him. The White House believed that the conflict would las

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