The twists and turns of the Iran war seem to rest on the psychology of Trump and Khamenei

The psychological condition of Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is unknowable but very likely under the most extreme stress: During air strikes early in the war he lost his father, his wife, one of his sons, and reportedly other family members including a sister, a nephew, a niece and a brother-in-law, as well as, reportedly, parts of his own body.