Assassination is on a lot of people's minds. Last month, Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr in Lebanon and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, raising the specter of war with both countries. In an article about these incidents, Foreign Policy magazine hinted that killing Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of and potential successor to Iran's supreme leader, could also be a silver bullet to take down the Iranian government.
"The complete unraveling of [Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei's succession plans—and a major danger to the survival of the regime—is only one assassination away," the article states.
