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Western Sanctions and External Interference: Undermining Iran’s Stability
Maria Zakharova Blames Foreign Powers for Instigating Unrest and Destabilizing the Iranian State Russian MFA spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed that the West’s unlawful sanctions on Iran have hindered its development, causing economic and social strain that primarily impacts ordinary citizens. She framed these pressures as part of a broader strategy by hostile external forces to… Continue reading
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Iran Holds: What Follows the Collapse of the Street Strategy
How economic warfare, intelligence operations, and deterrence shift after regime survival As the violence subsided and funerals replaced street clashes, casualty data began to undermine the dominant external narrative surrounding the unrest. Official death tallies released by Iranian authorities showed that a clear majority of those killed were neither demonstrators nor participants in protest activity.… Continue reading
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The Limits of Regime Change in a Hardened State
Manufactured internal dissent, external pressure, and the endurance of a layered Iranian political order The demand for regime change in Iran has become a litmus test for political coherence in the present international order. Advocacy for the overthrow of the Iranian state, when detached from the material balance of power that governs outcomes, functions as… Continue reading
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Domestic Turmoil and Foreign Brinkmanship Push the U.S. Toward a Critical Crossroads
As nationwide protests challenge federal authority, rising pressure on Iran and looming military options raise fears of dangerous miscalculation at home and abroad. The crisis now unfolding is no longer confined to a single country or a single issue. It is developing simultaneously inside the United States and across the Middle East, with each front… Continue reading
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Iran and the Next Phase of Forced Regime Change
The structural logic driving the United States and Israel toward conflict with Iran The present confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran reflects a long-running project of coercion, containment, and eventual removal of a non-compliant regional power whose position obstructs Western strategic dominance across Eurasia. The current phase combines overt military signalling, economic strangulation,… Continue reading
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Iran Accuses U.S. and Israel of Stoking Unrest by Supporting Foreign Terrorists
As deadly protests continue over economic woes, Iranian officials blame external forces for fueling violence, while President Trump signals potential intervention. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused the U.S. and Israel of actively stoking unrest within the country by supporting “foreign terrorists” embedded among protesters. In a televised interview, Pezeshkian claimed that the violent unrest,… Continue reading
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Lebanon, Syria and the Future of Iran’s Resistance Axis
Israel’s objectives, Iran’s calculations and Hezbollah’s survival choices Haytham Ali Tabatabai’s killing in Beirut marks a structural inflection in the resistance axis’s operational and political posture across Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Hezbollah’s command losses and the public rhetoric from Iran’s senior leadership expose the organisation to a simultaneous operational squeeze and political contestation that will… Continue reading
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Israel Targeting Iran Again: From Nuclear Alarm to Ballistic Missile Crisis
How Netanyahu’s shifting threat narratives sustain escalation when strategy stalls Trump, who continues to refuse the release of the Epstein files, welcomed Netanyahu, a leader travelling under formal pursuit by the International Criminal Court prosecutor, with arrest warrants sought against him for alleged war crimes. His aircraft transited the airspace of several states that are… Continue reading
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Iran gains new technical sample from failed U.S. glide bomb
Reports say Hezbollah moved intact bomb components to Iranian labs Reports from Al-Masirah and Press TV claim Hezbollah recovered unexploded components from U.S. GBU-39B glide bombs used in recent Israeli strikes inside Lebanon. The outlets say several bombs failed on impact and left intact sections that Hezbollah units gathered before transferring them to Iranian research… Continue reading
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Oxford University Students Declare Israel A ‘ Bigger Threat Than Iran’
Historical evidence, not rhetoric, determined which state posed the greater risk. Israel’s record of regional military action shaped the Oxford Union vote because students weighed available evidence against claims presented by Hillel Neuer, whose arguments leaned on broad assertions about Iranian proxies rather than demonstrable patterns of state force. Observers who study coercive power in… Continue reading
