Browsing:   Alex Vatanka

Mojtaba’s succession: father-to-son under war. System chose survival over doctrine. Islamic Republic’s future hangs.

Iran war could empower IRGC: distributed power ensures continuity. External pressure reinforces hardest elements.

US interceptor stocks deplete against Iran’s drones as unclear objectives and unsustainable costs risk uncontrollable escalation.

Iran’s opposition is deeply fractured and unable to capitalize on the regime’s weakness; unity is essential for change.

Iran believes a U.S.-Israeli strike is coming; if attacked, it will widen the war, hitting U.S. bases and Gulf oil.