Khamenei

Khamenei's regime, characterized by terror, warmongering, and aggression, is a significant barrier to democracy.

The attempted assassination of Khamenei underscored the deep divisions within Iranian society and the fierce resistance the new regime faced.

Hossein Shariatmadari also accused council members of holding secret meetings with Iran’s “known enemies” in the US, where they “received instructions to incite unrest in Iran.”

Nasser Kanaani said he strongly warned against "any new Zionist adventure against Lebanon under the pretext of the Majdal Shams incident in the Golan."

Germany claimed the IZH acted as a direct representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei, with the interior ministry also accusing promoting antisemitism and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

At this juncture, playing into the regime’s game could only enable Iran to breakout with an actual bomb, an outcome no Western country should desire.

Behind the scenes, the US should convey its willingness to work with the new president, assuring him that any measure of moderation he takes will be fully and correspondingly reciprocated.

Iran seeks to deepen fault lines in American society and exploit domestic tensions to polarize an already badly polarized society.

No one dares to stand up to the dictator Ali Khamenei, and reform within the authoritarian structure and the inner circle of the Islamic Jurist is impossible.

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