(LIVE BLOG) OPERATION EPIC FURY/RISING LION IN IRAN, PART 2
Following our previous reporting ( link ), the operation in Iran on Sunday went into its second day. There have been missile alerts from various locations in Israel. Targets in and around the Gulf have been hit by Iranian missiles. Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei has been confirmed dead. As his successor is mentioned Sadegh Larijani, a Kantian philosopher (you can't make this stuff up) ( election protocol ). Khamenei is said to have named four layers of succession for each of the military command and government roles that are appointed by the Supreme Leader ( link ). We do well to remember that Iran has two armed forces: one is the regular standing Army, Navy and Air Force, the second is the IRGC, the Revolutionary Guard, a kind of ideological paramilitary that solely serves the interests of the regime (command structure: link ).
