The IRGC Controls Major Parts of Iran’s Economy — They Will Not Surrender That Willingly
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps does not merely serve as Iran's ideological military force — it operates as one of the largest commercial...
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Iran After Khamenei Could Fragment Into Dozens of Competing Armed Factions
If Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dies or becomes incapacitated without a clean succession, Iran faces a realistic scenario in which centralized authority...
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Whoever Takes Control of Iran’s Government Next Will Determine the Region’s Future for Decades
The answer is already in: Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was named Iran's third Supreme Leader on March...
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The Power Struggle Inside Iran Right Now Could Be More Dangerous Than the Bombing
The bombing campaign against Iran that began on February 28, 2026, destroyed military installations, killed senior officials, and decapitated the regime's...
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Iran’s Parliament Has No Constitutional Framework for This Situation
Iran's parliament, known as the Majlis, operates under the 1979 Constitution of the Islamic Republic, a document that was designed to consolidate...
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Without Khamenei There Is No Clear Successor — Iran’s Political System Is in Crisis
The assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026, in a joint US-Israeli airstrike on Tehran exposed a fundamental...
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Iran’s Government May Have Collapsed Faster Than Anyone in Washington Expected
No, Iran's government has not collapsed — at least not yet. Despite coordinated U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on...
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The Iran War Started on a Saturday Morning — Most Americans Found Out on Their Phones
On Saturday morning, February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a coordinated military assault on Iran — and the commander-in-chief...
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No Major Poll Showed Majority Support for Military Action Against Iran Before the Strikes
No major poll conducted before the February 28, 2026 military strikes against Iran showed majority support for the action. Not one.
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The American Public Was Never Asked Whether They Wanted a War With Iran
No, the American public was never asked whether they wanted a war with Iran — and the polling makes clear that if they had...
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The Iran War Changed the Middle East Forever — The Only Question Is How
The Iran war has already changed the Middle East forever. Three days into the US-Israeli joint strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...
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The Iran War Will Cost American Lives, Trillions of Dollars, and Decades of Attention
Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli joint military strike on Iran launched on February 28, 2026, has already cost three American service members their...
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The Think Tanks That Advocated for Iran Regime Change for Decades Got Their Wish
For decades, a handful of Washington think tanks spent millions of dollars and countless hours pushing for one outcome in the Middle East: the...
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Neoconservatives Celebrate the Iran Strikes — Progressives and Libertarians Are United in Opposition
The U.S. and Israeli joint strikes on Iran, launched on February 28, 2026, have produced one of the strangest political realignments in recent memory.
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The Iran Hawks Have Wanted This War for Over 20 Years — They Finally Got It
The network of neoconservative policy architects, military contractors, and ideologically driven officials who have pushed for regime change in Iran since...
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Every President Since Carter Has Dealt With Iran — Trump Is the First to Launch a Full Campaign
Every president since Jimmy Carter has confronted Iran through some combination of sanctions, diplomacy, covert operations, or limited military action.
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The $100 Billion That Flowed to Iran Under the JCPOA Funded the Weapons America Is Now Destroying
The claim that $100 billion flowed to Iran under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and funded the weapons America is now destroying contains...
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Trump Pulled Out of the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2018 — 8 Years Later He’s Bombing Tehran
In May 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, dismissing it as "defective at its core" and promising...
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Reagan Almost Struck Iran — Trump Actually Did It
The title says it plainly: Ronald Reagan came close to a full-scale military confrontation with Iran in 1988 but deliberately pulled back from the...
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From Carter to Trump: 47 Years of U.S.-Iran Conflict Reaches Its Climax
After 47 years of escalating hostility between Washington and Tehran, the U.S.-Iran conflict has reached its most dangerous inflection point with...
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