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Stop Talking About Regime Change In Iran

Start talking about the collapse of the Iranian state

Jul 31, 2025
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Masoud Pezeshkian, powerless elected president of the Islamic Republic

I am already tired of seeing Reza Pahlavi celebrated as the new shah of Iran. He will never live long enough to see the inside of the country again. The regime is not going anywhere for him, and he has no real domestic support base to speak of. Former president Mir-Hossein Mousavi too…

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