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The Strait of Hormuz: The World’s Energy Chokepoint and the Risk of Environmental Catastrophe in the Shadow of All-Out War
A wider war in the Persian Gulf could unleash an environmental disaster with consequences lasting decades, far beyond the region itself. The Persian Gulf…
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The Assassination of Larijani: Ashes Without a Phoenix Rising
Ali Rasouli argues that Larijani was an executor, not a strategist, and that his assassination matters less than the regime’s inability to imagine a…
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Under Bombs and Checkpoints: A Voice from Tehran on War, Survival, and a Struggle Made Harder
A woman in Tehran describes fear, displacement, checkpoints, collapsing livelihoods, and a war that has tightened repression instead of opening any path for resistance.…
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Out of the Shadows: How Mojtaba Claimed the Crown of Supreme Leadership
After years as a shadowy power broker, Mojtaba Khamenei must now openly rule a battered system and test whether myth can become authority. Mojtaba…
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The Islamic Republic in the Khameneis’ Trap
The regime must move beyond Khamenei’s legacy to survive, yet its entire power structure is built on that very legacy. An Avenging Leader or…
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Born Under War, Living Through War Again: An Eyewitness from Tehran
A Tehran resident recounts the first days of war: devastation, fear, looting, and the return of a life once again overshadowed by conflict. This…
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What’s next in Iran after the bombardments?
Badamchi argues Iran faces a constitutional turning point: reform from within, or rupture—while war, succession, and regime change pressures reshape every possible path ahead.…
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Khamenei’s Death: The Leader Who Dismantled the “Islamic Republic”
Khamenei hollowed out the Islamic Republic to build an ummah-centered Islamic government; yet he never produced a viable successor order, leaving a deep crisis…
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Prisons Under Fire: How War Has Put Iran’s Prisoners in Immediate Danger
Airstrikes, lockdowns, secret transfers, and shortages have turned prisons into high-risk zones, while authorities restrict information and respond to unrest with force instead of…
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Tehran’s Last-Minute Package: Oil and “Madman” Posturing on the Edge of War
Washington’s message to the Islamic Republic is blunt: act like a “rational” Middle East player, choose between the U.S. and China—and if you choose…
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Either “Negotiation and Regime Change” or “War and Regime Change”
On the table are three demands the Islamic Republic may find unaffordable: surrender its nuclear program to avert a U.S. strike, and its missiles…
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Reza Pahlavi’s Emergency Blueprint: A Transition Plan—or a Survival Manual for the Islamic Republic’s Power Networks?
A critique of Reza Pahlavi’s emergency blueprint warns that prioritizing technocratic stability and integrating former IRGC specialists could reproduce old power networks and derail…