But Iran can no longer afford these proxies he commanded.
They work for money and Iran’s broke.
Of course, they couldn’t remove the hero themselves.
Anyway, I think this is worth consideration. Though likely peripheral even if true.
“But Iran can no longer afford these proxies he commanded.
They work for money and Iran’s broke.”
Changes nothing about what the Mullahs thought and felt about the Quds Force general. He was very creative at building their networks across the Middle East and likely got for more, per dollar, for whatever they spent than we do, in terms of support within populations across Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere.