Iran has sideways validated the appeal of decentralization.

No single leader, or perhaps everyone is a leader.
Kill one Khamenei and there are countless Revolutionary Guard members ready to step up.
Each node has four sets of leadership teams; if a particular node is pro-American, the reserves replace it. (Node confiscation mechanism)
Inefficiency is genuinely low, and it could even develop into warlord fragmentation. But in this special period, the resilience is terrifyingly strong.
This is also why we've been seeing contradictory news from both sides these past few days. Because Iran themselves don't even know what they want to do. 😂😂