Iran

  • Iran has lost a huge part of its history

    The life of an Iranian in Iran is said to be centred around its faces and figures in many ways. These are religious clerics, local politicians, and celebrities of many types and hues. Such are a marketplace of ideas and ideals that buzz and fizz in-between the raucous activity of a normal Middle Eastern country.

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    A cartoon graphic showing crowds of supporters for the late Ali Khamenei in Tehran (Credit: xAI Grok/Original prompt).

    The loss or absence of Ali Khamenei is the lack of the one that loomed largest, since he came to define the cultural mix of hopes and attitude more than anyone else. He factored in his rule with inroads that they now know ran deeper than previously thought. He was a watchful keeper, but also a Big Brother.

    Living without a menace or an inspiration has come to be a fact of the matter for those in the Middle East, that’ve felt the full force of strikes or conflict in their backyard. The loss is statecraft, but there’s a sense of dissatisfaction that cannot be interpreted so easily. Pressure makes people feel enslaved, but a country is still a worthy cause.

  • Iran mourns, but waits for more

    The funeral of Ali Khamenei is going to come at a bitter time for Iranians everywhere. They don’t want to see him go, lost to time and now history and useless to them and their enterprise as a nation.

    Khamenei studied their status at great length. He made amends where he could and lifted the esteem of their ways in parts of the world.

    Scenes of mourners gathered together to remember the late Ali Khamenei in Iran (Credit: @Hoopoe31/Telegram).

    The years to come aren’t without a new Supreme Leader, but the changeover won’t be easy. The manner of his assassination is of no small concern. It will build as anger as Mojtaba moves on.

    The US aside, a national recovery will bring about similar calls for immediate help and development on a large scale. It may not happen, because matters in Iran don’t unfold in this way at all.

    Protests aren’t the point. Patient, quiet requests in the Islamic country are. The prayers of the hopeful, the saintly will be directed in this way, too. Actually, a religious bloc wants to see religious duties fulfilled, for their own betterment.

  • The post-Iran world settlement is much the same

    The sane among us know that a ‘leader’ only has so many duties, and these are all the most crucial – and possible – ones. The rest are beholden to outside, alternative, or ancient interests. The move to get rid of rites and ceremonies is a hope to clear out and to renew partnership along more obvious lines.

    As this doesn’t necessarily happen, administrators and diplomats have to settle back into their regular routine of dialogue and communication. The rhetoric rises up. The price or value inherent in things matters once more, and so this becomes the way forward, and America will realise it with Iran soon.

    “From murdering newborns to our dear elderly population – & above all, the martyrdom of the peerless, unique gem of our era, our magnanimous, mujahid Leader – is each a file among thousands of major legal cases that must be earnestly pursued in domestic & international courts.”

    – Mojtaba Khamenei/X.

    The Supreme Leader recently approved but also condemned negotiations by his country’s politicians and their teams with their American counterparts. This is part of his plan. He won’t let the killing of his father go lightly. He says as much, still, in his calls for revenge and hope that America feels the full weight of his people’s anger.

    As time progresses, more and more effort will show through across the world. Diplomatically, Iranians like to see a narrative play out. This is Shakespeare in modern times. The death throes. The speeches that matter. The new characters. They work around this ordinary activity to make a point. If successful, they’ll win the argument itself.

  • Iran must argue to remain in a viable state

    The State of Iran is a power but isn’t expressly powerful in the Middle East in our terms or context.

    Just as the World Wars showed military might and strength is setup between peoples as an affront and a rebuke, so diplomacy and negotiations show that proof is needed for further action or mercy can be shown if contrition is a real factor of events.

    Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, speaking at an event about UN involvement in its confrontation with America (Credit: @ETNow/YouTube).

    There’s no total dividing line between nations, but cracks are showing in the endeavours by leaders such as in Iran to improve their dominant credentials and to boost their presence in the world.

    America comes out swinging to show its preeminence in many areas, to also confront nefarious ‘grouped’ players and actors in localised conditions. It’s a calculation of risk not managed or resolved well by meeting each other.

  • Pres. Trump knows Iran will come back to life

    President Trump is watching the Iran situation like a hawk, having a generally good view of the country following his own extensive business knowledge picked up during an active life around the world. He sees things in the terms of what exists, and is no doubt consulting his own charts for what’s next.

    Iran is scheduled to snap back into a more common sort of activity, involving the largest parts of the population and focusing on activities familiar to all. They go down for such times as these, preferring to hide from Israeli missiles and taking cover if America is involved.

    This changes the perspective, putting human issues first and probably focusing the Supreme Leadership and political class on such concerns for a short while. This will pass, and as expectations settle on the population at large, the real matters of the day will come through. It will cue a huge propaganda operation.

    America’s test is not making the mistakes that we’ve seen in minutiae in times past. Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan all come to mind. Their diplomatic teams need to be careful, and cover the gaps that emerge as infighting erupts. It’s difficult territory, and yet the world expects their good intentions to convert into more intelligent realities.

  • Iran weaponises a moment to critique America

    The Supreme Leader of Iran has taken an opportunity to seek peace to renew his nations resistance to the American sphere of influence in the Middle East. It’s now clear that public statements from Khamenei are moments for reflection on their antipathy toward the West rather than any peace efforts.

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    An excerpt of a statement by Iran’s Supreme Leader according to a release on an official X account (Credit: @MKhamenei_ir/X).

    The concern now is that Iran will back any movement against American citizens by terrorism or any other means on their own soil. This cannot be ignored at this stage. Any 9/11 style attack on its financial system or its public infrastructure could destabilise the world’s only superpower, leading to more difficulties for all of us.

  • As the US departs, Iran will resume questioning

    The State of Iran is a hard one to figure out at the best of times. The short history of an experiment of alternative rule – or regime – has produced few benefits relative to its overall ambition.

    Hardline Islamic schools in the country have seen the end of Monarchy, which pleases its clerics, and not just because at their worst they just see it as just another form of Christianity itself.

    The politically motivated classes have been able to put a hammer to the anvil and strike against the West in its sympathies, which has helped its sense of identity, and defined a manner of its activity.

    But there’s no such success for the Supreme Leadership at the top, which frustrated the predecessor to Mojtaba Khamenei completely, and no doubt contributed to the insecurity that preceded his death by assassination by Israel.

    It’s a scene ordinary Iranians (the majority who don’t have a role to play) look at, using publicly available media and private conversations so they understand. As the nation moves on, ending its confrontation with America, their questioning will resume in earnest.

    As a result, Iran will spring up again, bursting into diplomacy and spreading its influence to make sense of more mightier affairs. A return to normal activity, then, and helping the consequences of this season to last for a long while.

  • Mojtaba shows up with all the people in mind

    The restored position of a ‘flattened’ Iran will look much the same as before, except for more confidence on the international scene. This is because Mojtaba Khamenei has stored up success in smaller ways for his population.

    This assiduous worker has laid foundations for his rule over the course of decades. Not averse to hard work, the new Supreme Leader expects more from his country and greater things from his people but in prosaic contexts.

    The type or system of control utilised in the Persian nation results in a lateral landscape. This means age groups are strongly defined and seek outlets worldwide. It may entail young look at young and old meet old. This is the inlet for understanding influence, leading to control outwardly.

    As a sensitive thinker, Khamenei also is suspected by Intelligence internationally of having many options. These are subtle power plays, and more logic than truth. He’s not prone to enthusiasm for things his own regime prohibits. The moves in his war chest represent his best chance at defence.

    The population he has is spread out in all its colours and stripes as a known quantity that he’s now taken responsibility for and will use to his own advantage. The Middle East is on notice because his influence will loom large in its own affairs, much to their chagrin.

  • Iran’s Ali Khamenei understood its position wholly

    Ali Khamenei began to weaponise the full potential of Iran just before the recent assassination of the late Supreme Leader by the State of Israel. He was alleged to be in hiding as the strike that ended his life, and his term of rule, was launched by the Jewish nation in return for retaliatory efforts via Hamas.

    But even in UN circles, Khamenei was being described as an increasingly negative influence. It’s believed a highly placed official called his behaviour “reckless” and of a “disproportionate manner”. The mood regarding the Iranian leader had changed from hopeful to woeful in just a few years.

    Behind the scenes, Khamenei was trying to work out who Iran’s enemies are. He obviously settled on Israel. He didn’t know if attacks were coming from Africa. He suspected Asia. The former had become a source of constant geopolitical criticism for his people.

    “Is there anything else that we’re known for?” he once said, humorously, after a particularly difficult meeting with some African leaders. He grew tired of speaking to geopolitical agitators, also suspecting interference. He engaged them on his terms, knowing that Iran was strong enough to handle such ‘world tours’ in its own way.

  • Exclusive: Police to question Iran Supreme Leader

    UK Police staff will question Iran’s new Supreme Leader over differences of opinion in technology and Policing setups between the Middle East and the Western world.

    Recent disasters in Policing activity – and misunderstanding predominantly among young Londoners – has been attributed to different working practices and policies promoted in Iran.

    In particular, the confusion of sexual health and other people’s lives has resulted in mental distress for Intelligence and security workers in central London. This is a consequence of misuse of software and other tools by random Londoners.

  • Iran came into being by cunning – and in disguise

    The idea that Iran is a fully formed country after a revolution is a falsification of history for political expediency in Journalism. The beginnings of a changeover of power from 1979 cannot constitute a real revolution in terms.

    In fact, the start of it is believed to be based off a trick that was played on its former ruler. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was falsely advised to leave the country. It was in fact a legal condition of him indicating he wished to step down.

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    A cartoon graphic of two men considering the tearing down of a Saddam Hussein statue (Credit: xAI Grok/Original prompt).

    Ayatollah Khomeini took over because he saw this and felt his opportunity had come. He saw his cause had built up – inside and outside the country – and argued its legitimacy. In light of the legal technicality, he was able to begin a takeover.

    The growth of his rule was rudimentary during his life, and after ten years the Supreme Leadership rapidly expanded under Ali Khamenei. It has achieved a status that cannot be denied.

    *A change was made to include a graphic.

  • Iran confronts US dominance in new message

    In the aftermath of Israel’s strikes in Iran, and America’s continuing efforts to disrupt Iranian progress until peace is assured, the Supreme Leader of Iran has come out with a stern message. It can be found on an official X account by way of a twelve-part posted thread.

    Albeit its language is strong, using terms like “Imperialism” and “malicious” to describe the US, it has to be interpreted politically to make any sense. Addressed particularly to the Middle East – if they have friends, still – Mojtaba Khamenei exhorts defiance of criticism of Iranians.

    “Imperialism, led by the US, has built a military base called Israel over the past 80 years. And they don’t accept the existence of a strong, independent Iran on the eastern border of the false, illegitimate geography of “Greater Israel”—that is, east of the Euphrates River.”

    – Mojtaba Khamenei/X

    He implies any perceived damage to infrastructure sustained in recent months should be ignored for the sake of their stability. He seems to insist Iran has not suffered critical losses, and that Iranians are happy to carry on as they were before.

    He implies Islam remains the focus of his work and he will help his people to be better Muslims as a result of protecting them from any outside influences he finds. He’s also a third in a line of leadership. He refers to his late father as a predecessor to his as-yet undefined path.

  • The world should note Iran will come back

    The most difficult part of the altercations between Iran and Israel is the matter of Jerusalem. In Iran a war against Israel is considered to be perpetual and will last until Jerusalem is in the hands of a military authority that has an Islamic nation in oversight of it.

    Footage alleged to depict strikes in Tehran (Iran) and Tel Aviv (Israel) respectively (Credit: @War_Gaza2/Telegram).

    Tehran’s leadership does not necessarily believe that Iran will be that nation. In recent history Iran’s Presidents have wanted it to be so. But cooler heads have prevailed and outright war has been avoided because it’s not believed that Jerusalem is their prize.

    The local troubles in Jerusalem can be blamed to an extent on Iran, but they see that groups closer to Israel are more than capable of doing it themselves. Thus, they make attempts more along the lines of mainstream activity, such as moves to disrupt politics, influence society, and create trouble elsewhere.

  • Iran seeks dialogue to continue its existence

    The breakout of Iranian officials is only to precede an increase in national resources. It doesn’t mean that war is on the horizon. The nation itself relies on many lines of trade that it doesn’t often acknowledge publicly.

    It keeps it connected up to the region in smaller ways than may be usual for such a large country. To an extent, some mistake such exercises as fraternisation with terrorist groups and elements.

    But it’s normal activity for a population that likes strong social links, and ordinary Iranians reap many benefits from this type of ‘local’ economic outreach.

  • Iran now has to play by its strengths

    It’s a short while since Baghdad and the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, and yet the Middle East has entered into yet another period of turmoil, having seen the killing of Ali Khamenei, a larger than life figure and Iranian icon for so many years.

    The disablement of many secretive programs and the quiet, understated resumption of its rule by way of an inherited Supreme Leadership has shocked and destabilised a nation in a regional sphere that had believed it was rising to a sort of dominance.

    But Iran is in a struggle of its own. Its survival is based on what the future will be. It has to move out to reengage on new terms and the fruit of this will set its general priorities in place for an adjustment of its influence. Any move on this front is watched by powers eager for a development.