00:00Ali Khamenei is dead, killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Tehran during Operation Epic Fury.
00:08And Khamenei's death ends almost 37 years of his absolute rule over Iran.
00:13Looking at his legacy, we see a complete fusion of religion, military might and regional influence.
00:20And what your reporter sees are three pillars of power. Let's analyze them together.
00:26Khamenei's rule was built on a unique doctrine that gave him absolute religious and political control.
00:32It allowed him to bypass the parliament, judiciary and even the president, giving him the final say on absolutely everything.
00:42And you cannot understand him without the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
00:47These 150,000 elite troops answered only to him.
00:52They act as regime's enforcer and a vast business conglomerate.
00:57An empire within an empire, if you will. Running everything from energy to telecoms.
01:05Khamenei used this religious and military arm to build an axis of resistance.
01:09And by funding groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and fighting to save the Assad regime in
01:18Syria,
01:19Ali Khamenei turned Iran into an untouchable regional power.
01:24And now his death leaves a power vacuum.
01:27The strike also killed seven senior officials, including the heads of the Revolutionary Guard.
01:33But remember, Khamenei did not invent the Islamic Republic of Iran.
01:38His predecessor, Ayatollah Khomeini did.
01:41And the Republic survived his death.
01:44Iran's regime was designed to prevent such governance vacuum.
01:48And a temporary council, including the president, has already taken charge.
01:53The real threat now is the anger of Iranian population and the devastating damage of a wider war.
01:59What is at stake is not just replacing a leader, but the very survival of the Islamic Republic.
02:05And as the world watches, this sudden void is about to impact global security and likely drive up your fuel
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