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The Airstriek in Damascus.

As of yet, no claim of responsibility the presumption is the Israeli Air Force

using a very certain weapon on an Iranian consulate between an Iranian embassy and a Canadian embassy and the destruction of the

building along with five six seven eight significant people involved in the war on Israel.

One of them named Zahidi, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps commander,

Kud's Force, responsible, we're told, for Syria and Lebanon, in other words,

a warfighter.

The fingers of Iran closing around Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Khaty Hezbollah, the Houthis Qutai Hezbollah in Iraq, and other bad actors.

However, this is about orders directed from Tehran.

So who gives the orders? Who's in charge? How does Iran prepare for a succession

if it comes of the people commanding this war? I welcome someone to help me understand this governance system

directing a war from far away using surrogates. Ben and Ben Talibou, a senior

fellow, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, writing most recently

with his colleague Saeed Gussam Hanajad, who is at the FDD as well.

Benham, a very good evening too.

Thank you very much.

On March 1st of this year, you guide me to understand there were two elections.

One was the Majulise, 290 person Majulis, Parliament.

The other was the Assembly of Experts, 88 persons. The Assembly of

experts far more significant in terms of governance and decision-making and succession. How do the people of Iran vote? Do they vote for the

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