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May 24, 2026, 4:14 AM

Who Benefits? Decoding the NYT’s Ahmadinejad Report

The Ahmadinejad Leak: Five Targets of a Single Report In a hot war, each bullet strikes one target. In an information war, a single round can hit several at once. The New York Times report on a failed U.S.-Israeli plan...

May 20, 2026, 4:16 AM

Dismantling the Islamic Republic Requires More Than Force — It Requires a Plan

The military campaign against the Islamic Republic has degraded its conventional capabilities. Over 8,000 targets struck. A navy eliminated. The ayatollah and scores of senior military, intelligence, and security commanders killed — many through precision operations attributed to Israel's...

May 16, 2026, 5:52 PM

Why the Islamic Republic Must Be Removed

You don't give a ticking bomb more time — you defuse it The ceasefire is five weeks old. The war, we are told, is pausing. Diplomats shuttle between Islamabad and Washington. A 14-point memorandum of understanding is reportedly "inches away."...

Mar 27, 2026, 8:33 AM

The Echo of a Kiss Between Two Nations

When missiles fall on the Holy Land, an Iranian poet in exile writes — not of war, but of the hope that binds two ancient peoples. Upon the holy land shooting stars rain down and I, watching from afar, weep For the child who knows...

Mar 22, 2026, 9:22 AM

Dimona Under Fire: The War Enters Nuclear Territory

On March 21, 2026, two nuclear sites in two countries were targeted within hours of each other. Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment complex was struck in what Tehran described as a U.S.-Israeli attack. Hours later, the terrorist regime in Tehran...

Mar 17, 2026, 3:42 AM

After the Fatwa: Iran’s Path to the Nuclear Weapon

For two decades, one document stood between Iran and the bomb — at least in diplomatic terms. Ayatollah Khamenei's fatwa against nuclear weapons was cited in international negotiations, referenced by Western analysts, and treated by some governments as genuine...

Mar 14, 2026, 9:50 AM

Why Mojtaba Khamenei?

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named the third leader of the Islamic Republic, despite the fact that his being alive cannot be independently confirmed.

Iran's Islamic Republic Through the Lens of an Operation

Mar 7, 2026, 12:57 PM

Iran’s Human Shield PSYOP: The Hamas Playbook Comes Home

As the shadow of war spreads across Iran, the Islamic Republic appears to be turning a tactic long used by its regional proxies inward: the militarization of civilian spaces and the use of civilians as human shields. On the morning...

Mar 4, 2026, 12:07 AM

Why bombing alone has never toppled a regime

Smoke rises over Tehran's Aghdasieh neighborhood following airstrikes, March 2026. (Photo circulated on social media)

The principle of simultaneity: Six historical cases that reveal the formula for regime change

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Sara Ghavimi is an Iranian researcher based in Turkey, where she lives in exile.

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