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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The Lesson of Iraq Is That Military Victory Is Always the Easy Part
The lesson of Iraq, stated plainly, is that winning a war is not the same thing as winning a peace.
Iraq’s Shia Population Was Supposed to Welcome Americans With Open Arms Too
No, they did not welcome Americans with open arms — and the fact that anyone in Washington is recycling this logic in 2026 should alarm every taxpayer and...
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 8,...
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...
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...
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...
The Decapitation Strike Changed Everything About the War’s Direction
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, a joint airstrike campaign that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali...
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...
Trump Used TruthSocial as a War Communication Platform at 2 AM on February 28
In the early morning hours of February 28, 2025, President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to post a series of messages related to ongoing...