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Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.IranOn March 17, Israel announced — and Tehran later confirmed — the killing of Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. If eliminating Ali Khamenei on the opening day of the U.S.-Israeli offensive struck down the regime’s supreme leader, Larijani’s death removes its supreme coordinator. A longtime fixture in the regime, Larijani appears to have been serving as the regime’s majordomo in recent months — and especially since Khamenei’s death on Feb. The post Conflict and Consequences appeared first on War on the