Iran

Nuclear Claims Are a Smoke Screen for Hopes of Toppling Iran

The Israeli strikes aren’t about facilities or centrifuges, but regime change. The real debate has never been about what to do with Iran’s nuclear program. It’s always been about what to do with the regime. For some people in Israel and the United States, the nuclear program itself is the …

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IRGC Commander Hossein Salami, Killed In Israel’s Strikes On Iran: ‘Our Enmity For America Is Essential And Rooted In Faith, And We Are Fighting The Global Arrogance’ – The U.S.; Today Iran ‘Stands… In The Heart Of A Great Jihad… Facing A Complex And Powerful Array Of Enemies Small And Large As Part Of A Global Satanic Coalition’

On June 11, 2025, two days before he was killed in Israel’s strikes on Iran, IRGC commander Hossein Salami said in a speech at the Center for Documentation, Research, and Dissemination of the Legacy of the Iran-Iraq War that the Iran-U.S. war did not end with the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, …

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“Resistance Axis” Reactions to the Israel-Iran Military Conflict

On June 13, 2025, Israel launched a preemptive attack in Iran on dozens of military andsecurity targets and sites of the nuclear program across Iran. More than 20 senior figures in thesecurity leadership, military commanders and nuclear scientists were eliminated, including thecommander of the armed forces and the commander of …

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The Paths of the Israeli Military Operation Against Iranian Capabilities

The Israeli attacks against the Iranian military command system and defensive and offensive capabilities put the coming developments in the context of a set of trends and paths that can be formulated based on the overall events in the region and Iran’s proxies since the outbreak of the war in …

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In First Since Start Of War With Iran, Houthi Ansar Allah Movement Claims Missile Attack On Israel In Coordination With Iran; Houthi Leader: Opportunity To Inflict ‘Great Defeats’ On Israel, To Renew ‘Equation Of Deterrence’

On June 15, 2025, for the first time since the start of the war between Israel and Iran which broke out on June 14, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Israel that it said was coordinated with operations carried out by …

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Regime Change In Iran – The Free Balochistan Movement’s ‘Democratic Transitional Plan’ For The Post-Ayatollahs Era

The following is the “Democratic Transitional Plan for Iran,” written by the secular Free Balochistan Movement, headed by the renowned Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri.[1] The transitional plan has been presented by the Free Balochistan Movement to other ethnic groups present in Iran, such as Kurds, Ahwazis, and Azeris. At the …

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Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Evening Edition

The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) will be publishing two updates over the next 24 hours from June 15-16, 2025, to provide insights into the ongoing strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, military infrastructure, and key military and …

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A Coalition Of Non-Persian Ethnic Groups In Iran Could Topple The Ayatollahs’ Regime In A Few Months

After Israel’s June 12 strike on Iran, the need to support the non-Persian ethnic groups in the country to bring about the collapse of the Ayatollahs’ regime has become clearer. A coalition of non-Persian ethnic groups could topple the regime in a few months. It is worth noting that, unlike …

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Iran’s devastating hubris Will Trump show restraint?

On the night the Ayatollah Khomeini died, 3 June 1989, I was fast asleep in a guest room at the Tehran home of a famous cinematographer, a friend of my bohemian parents. The adults were glued to state TV in the living room. Contraband booze flowed, as usual, fortifying the …

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Iranians Cheer Israeli Strike On Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Leadership – OpEd

Iranian activists of all stripes opposed to the Islamic Republic and many citizens were in celebratory mood on social media after Israel’s June 13, 2025, attack on military and nuclear targets in Iran. An anonymous activist with 157,000 followers on X wrote, “It appears that Israel has eliminated the entire …

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