Why Is Iran Attacking Its Neighbors?

Gulf states like the UAE, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia have all been dragged into the conflict

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. The man who ruled Iran for 35 years, funding terrorist groups and turning proxy warfare into a regional operating system, was killed in a joint US–Israeli strike on Saturday.

Parts of the Middle East celebrated. Iranians climbed to rooftops. A doctor in Rasht, speaking anonymously for fear of reprisal, said it was “one of …