If spring in Tehran abruptly ends today, history will remember this afternoon: On March 2, 2026, Iran's supreme leader Khamenei was precisely eliminated 'during the day'.$BTC 
When the news broke, many people's first reaction was to question: Why during the day? Why did previous intelligence indicate he was in the bunker, yet he suddenly appeared?
It wasn't until I went through the entire timeline that I broke out in a cold sweat—this was not a simple military assassination, but a dimensional strike targeting human weaknesses. The US and Israel played this game to suffocating effect.
Detail one: Why must it be 'during the day'?
In the past decade, Israel has attacked Iran and Syria almost exclusively at night. Night battles are the camouflage of the air force, a common sense for avoiding anti-aircraft fire.
But this time, the US and Israel chose to act in broad daylight.
The reason is cruel: what they want is not 'to complete the task', but rather the psychological intimidation of 'public execution'.
Striking during the day means absolute precision in intelligence, means absolute air supremacy, and means that the 'free access' to Iranian airspace has become too blatant to conceal. This is telling the entire Shia community: your god cannot escape our missiles under the sun.
More importantly, the images of daytime attacks will instantly spread around the world via social media. That image, mythologized for over thirty years, turns to dust in the sunlight; the collapse of this psychological defense line is far more lethal than a few nighttime explosions.
Detail two: Negotiation is fake, 'fishing' is real.
The most ingenious move in this game lies in 'negotiation'.
Just a few days ago, the Iranian foreign minister was still sending signals: nuclear negotiations have made progress. It is widely judged that Khamenei has either long moved to a safe third country or is hiding deep beneath the Fordow nuclear facility.
Everyone has been misled.
The smoke screen released by the US and Israel is not to reach an agreement, but to give Khamenei a reason to 'come out of the bunker'. When the Supreme Leader needs to preside over a core meeting concerning the nation's fate, he must return from the underground command post to the surface.
Intelligence agencies have long identified that time, that room, that group of people.
The so-called 'negotiation process' is merely bait to lure prey out of its cave. Khamenei did not lose to intelligence infiltration, but to the precise grasp of the 'survival instinct' of the regime by the US and Israel: when you think you can control the situation, is precisely when the enemy knows your position best.
Iran's dilemma: can't hold on, can't negotiate, no steps left.
Take a look at the Iranian foreign minister's latest statement; that sense of powerlessness is almost spilling out of the screen:
"I don't understand why, when negotiations are making progress, the US and Israel still choose to attack. I hope that after the attack ends, they will seek to ease the situation and restart negotiations."
This sentence translates to: I have no cards left in my hand.
You want to withstand? With the Supreme Leader gone, the command chain of the Revolutionary Guards has broken, and internal power struggles may even erupt.
You want to talk? They responded to all your sincerity with missiles.
You want to take revenge? How to take revenge? Retaliation means more severe strikes, while not retaliating means this regime has lost even its last dignity.
Iran has once again fallen into that familiar vicious cycle: the whip has been received, and there are no steps left.
Trump's deep strategy: the last piece of the petrodollar puzzle.
Many say Trump is emotional, clever, and only focused on the present. But if you look at his layout in the Middle East over the past few years—recognizing Jerusalem, promoting the Abraham Accords, extreme pressure on Iran, and up to today’s assassination operations—you will find that his rhythm is exceptionally clear.
What he wants is more than just the White House.
What he wants is to completely lock down the variables in the Middle East before the foundations of the petrodollar are shaken.
Oil is the root of the dollar. When both the yuan and euro are trying to pry open energy settlements, whoever controls the oil pipelines and decision-making in the Middle East has a grip on their opponent's throat. Once this move is made, there is no turning back.
What Israel wants is to take advantage of this window period to complete a de facto regime change and completely eliminate the threat to its existence.
This game has just entered the middle stage.
Khamenei's departure is by no means the end, but the beginning of chaos.
1. Inside Iran: The succession of the Supreme Leader will be a bloody factional reshuffle. Moderates? Conservatives? Revolutionary Guards? Who decides?
2. Proxy Networks: Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis have lost their spiritual core. Are they fighting separately or are they a scattered mess?
3. Great Power Game: Will Russia take the opportunity to fill the power vacuum? How will Eastern powers ensure their energy security?
The Middle East is undergoing a fracture.
This is not the end of a war, but the prologue to the next grand game.
And we are all standing at a turning point in history, witnessing the collapse of the old order.