By Garsha Vazirian

Tehran leadership's 'defiance' vs Washington's 'Epic Failure'

How Western media outlets struggling to explain Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment

TEHRAN — Immediately after Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei was officially elected as Leader of the Islamic Revolution, the Western press has produced a body of coverage that reveals far more about its own analytical frameworks—and their failures—than about the reality on the ground in Iran.