Ayatollahs Running Around Like Headless Chickens

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Since the failed Iranian missile attack against Israel on 13th April, the Ayatollahs have been on a backfoot. None of Irans 351 missiles and rockets hit any targets or killed anyone.
Casualties: 1 Israeli-Bedouin civilian critically injured by shrapnel; 31 others treated for minor injuries or trauma. 
Then a month later on May 20th, 2024 the Iranian president Ibrahim Raisi died in a mysterious helicopter crash. Until today the Ayatollahs have not made public any investigations why the crash happened. Was Ibrahim Raisi deliberately 'taken out' from the inside?
Then the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Teheran exposes more of the Ayatollahs incompetence and bungling.
After FIVE days it appears that the exact circumstances of what happened to Ismail Haniyeh on July 31, 2024 will not be made public. 
Instead a minimum of 24 military and intelligence officers, including senior IRGC officers have been arrested obviously on suspicion of involvement in Haniyeh's killing. Possibly many more have been arrested. They were involved in planting three bombs in Haniyeh's quarters, of which one was exploded.  
Who recruited these 24 senior military people? The Israeli Mossad of course. Using this argument it looks like the Israeli Mossad can walk in and recruit the entire military establishment of the Iranian armed forces at any time.   Next up even the Ayatollahs could also be Mossad agents. 
Then the counter argument is that Haniyeh was killed by a 'flying projectile'.  Meaning they have no idea. Maybe a shoulder fired missile. But if it was a 'flying projectile' it would have been fired from outside the building. No need for "insider" involvement to plant "bombs" inside the rooms. Then why arrest those 24 senior military fellows? The stories do not add up.
Then the IRGC commander made this strange statement:

IRGC chief Maj.-Gen. Hossein Salami spoke about the “fire of anger and desire for revenge.” He slammed Israel for the Beirut airstrike, while Iran blamed the US for being linked to the assassination of Haniyeh. This statement was made by Iran’s envoy to the UN and indicates that Iran is creating a case to attack US forces in Iraq and Syria.
"slammed Israel for the Beirut airstrike"  but they forgot to mention anything about Israel being linked to the assassination of Haniyeh. Instead the Iranian statement blamed the USA for Haniyeh's death. Strange.
This tallies with the Press statement by Israeli spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Haggari that on the night of 31st July the Israelis carried out only one airstrike in Beirut (which killed Fuad Shukr, the Hezbollah's military commander). There were no other airstrikes anywhere else in the Middle East on that night. (Haniyeh was killed on the same night 1,500 km away in Teheran).

The Ayatollahs give the Hezbollah  hundreds of millions of US Dollars each year to keep things on the boil in Lebanon. They have given Hamas hundreds of millions of US Dollars to keep Gaza on the boil. The ayatollahs are spending hundreds of millions of US Dollars in Yemen for the Houthis to shoot rockets  and sink ships in the Red Sea.
The ayatollahs have not mentioned a single word about a ceasefire in Gaza or anywhere else. The ayatollahs want war and fighting - in other people's countries and using proxies. The ayatollahs are trying to justify their own illegal grip on power in Iran.
There is nothing more than that. 

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.
By Syed Akbar Ali 

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