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No Dust, No Dollars: The Exhausting Leveraged Buyout Of Iran’s Resistance Empire

And the role of Arab strategic patience in a full-spectrum deal

Jun 03, 2026
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Left: Ali Tangsriri, killed in March. Right: Ali Azmaei, his successor killed last week

As I write these words, a peace deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz may or may not happen, but is reportedly in some quantum state of happening very soon.

Last week also saw the IRGC message cycle repeat. Iranian demands were leaked to the world as if they were terms …

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