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In any case, "Khamenei's position is surely weakened," Arash Azizi, fellow at Boston University's Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, told Newsweek.

Mr. Khamenei, who has the final say on key decisions in Iran, has not been seen publicly or heard from in nearly a week, despite the extraordinary crisis that his country has faced.

Khamenei’s stance is at once recalcitrant and cautious to the point of cowardice. Elites around him are wondering whether he will have to be tossed aside in pursuit of either course.

Khamenei also claimed Iran had given "the U.S. a big slap in the face" by attacking the Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which is home to thousands of American forces.

Khamenei’s implication that Iran suffered little damage during the war likely struck a nerve with Trump, who has attacked others for minimizing the damage done to Tehran by the U.S. strikes ...