The Ayatollah's survival was no accident — it was Israel's choice, and a wise one

Israel just executed the most far-reaching decapitation strike in the history of Iran. Within hours, targeted airstrikes had eliminated Iran’s top military planners — General Mohammad Bagheri, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, and General Ali Rashid. Simultaneously, missile development facilities and key military coordination nodes were targeted, severing some of Iran’s communication links with proxy networks in Syria and Iraq.

And yet the man at the apex of the system, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was not targeted.