Trump Says Mojtaba Khamenei Is Alive. Either Way, His Ghost Rules Iran

It's been almost six months since the U.S. killed Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in the brutal salvo of American and Israeli strikes that heralded the launch of Operation Epic Fury back in February.

Since then, a lot has changed: Tehran has locked down the Strait of Hormuz, Washington has announced another ominously named operation—Economic Outcast—to punish Iran's economy, and other Middle Eastern countries have launched a NATO-style pact to protect themselves from further threats...