Ahmad Vahidi, a known quantity for Israel and the West, became the face of a regime that prefers total confrontation over any semblance of pragmatism. In the wake of a seismic shift in the Islamic Republic’s leadership, following the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei and other senior figures, one name has emerged as the definitive architect of Iran’s military and internal survival: Ahmad Vahidi.

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