Mapusa, March 2 -- As tensions escalate following the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, former Union Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar warned that the fallout may produce consequences opposite to those intended by Washington DC.

Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Akbar said, "The law of unintended consequences might have already kicked in. President Trump started this war by saying that his war objective was regime change. Instead, the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei may have actually strengthened the Islamic regime."

According to Akbar, Khamenei's death risks elevating him in Shia religious and political consciousness. "Ayatollah Khamenei has now risen in the Shia iconography from a leader to a martyr," h...