Perhaps, what to expect next in this new war ...(Perplexity) "From the perspective of institutional religion, a foreign‑sponsored killing
of Iran’s ayatollah‑supreme‑leader would be symbolically comparable to assassinating
the Catholic pope: both would be read as attacks on the sacred head of a world religion,
not just on a politician.
However, because Iran’s leader is simultaneously the core of a revolutionary state
and command structure in a way the pope is not, the act also carries an additional,
uniquely political‑strategic weight that goes beyond the usual papal analogy."
Rod
