Neocon hopes for Azeri uprising dashed: Baku de-escalates, reopens border, chooses survival over confrontation.
Browsing: Iran
Attacks on Gulf desalination plants threaten 42-90% drinking water—war crime, humanitarian catastrophe risk.
Khamenei assassination backfired: revitalized Iran, global crisis erupts. Trump flails as survival strategy works.
Iran’s industrial persistence may outlast US political patience—time, chaos become Tehran’s weapons.
China’s Iran bet collapses: $400B investment, 90% oil purchases rendered worthless as US strikes cripple Tehran.
Iran crisis could enable historic Kurdish settlement: state reduces fronts, Kurds seize autonomy opportunity.
IRGC drags Lebanon into Iran war: 350,000 may flee, south becoming Gaza. State powerless.
Mojtaba Khamenei elected Supreme Leader amid war, signaling revolutionary continuity and institutional resilience.
Iran’s strategy: expand battlefield, choke Hormuz, project unity, calibrate diplomacy—raising costs beyond military.
Tel Aviv decides, Washington fights: US blood, treasure spent on Israel’s wars. Sovereignty surrendered.