Geopolitics
The Shadow Sovereign: Iran's Leadership Opacity and the Global Cost of Secret Rule
Iran's newly appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has reportedly suffered severe injuries and has been completely invisible from public view since his appointment, raising profound questions about who truly wields sovereign power in a nation at war. This alarming opacity, while the nation faces economic collapse and a strategic crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, exposes the dangerous weakness of a system that prioritizes secrecy and informal military control over transparent, accountable governance.
