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News
and Analysis (1/10/26)
The violence in Iran mounts:
"[B]because this is an economic
collapse that has happened with the
devaluation of Iran ... everybody is
affected. Playing off one side
against the other is just not going
to work this time":
The judge ruled that Ali Tamimi's
"words ... were inflammatory,
disturbing, and deeply offensive,
but that urged no concrete criminal
plan and did not provide operational
assistance for the commission of any
particular offense," and "the
Constitution forbids criminal
punishment for protected advocacy":
"Experts note the blackout is
unprecedented in its extent but also
selective, allowing some government
communications" ...
... and "military-grade jamming
signals were detected targeting
Starlink satellites":
"The recent U.S. capture of a
Russian flagged tanker carrying
Iranian oil is more than a legal
dispute or a sanctions case. It is a
precedent, one that could reshape
Iran’s economic stability more
profoundly than any single
airstrike":
"These have not been coordinated
actions by an organized opposition,
but rather the spontaneous
combustion of a society reaching its
breaking point":
"Were parts of the national army to
signal unwillingness to suppress
dissent — let alone side with the
dissenters — the regime would face a
rival armed institution rather than
mere crowds and face an existential
dilemma" ...
... but officially, the army says
that won't happen:
“Reza
Pahlavi has indubitably increased
his clout and has turned himself
into a frontrunner in Iranian
opposition politics.... But he
also suffers from many problems.
He is a divisive figure and not a
unifying one” -- Arash Azizi,
author of the book What
Iranians Want ...
... and the man who would be king is
so out-of-touch with reality he
actually thinks those addressing
Israel's water problems by stealing
water from Palestinians can help
solve Iran's water problems:
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