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The legality, or illegality, of killing a foreign leader, explained
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a civilian – not a uniformed member of the Iranian military – but he was also the supreme leader of Iran’s armed forces.
PHOTO: NYTIMES/ARASH KHAMOOSHI
Charlie Savage
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WASHINGTON – The United States and Israel opened their war on Iran this weekend with a sudden strike on its longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
