Iran

  • Iran rarely strikes at the middle ground

    Iran isn’t known for being a friend of many nations across the world. It hasn’t got a collegiate tradition or an evangelical culture in either its schools of preparation or in its fields of play.

    It makes it a hard country to understand, and many fail at this as they try by themselves.

    In actual fact, nations must engage and coordinate to find common understanding between each other, and in this scheme of things Iran has few partners and all of these are regional.

    “Friendly and brotherly nations find each other in hard times, and the deeper the civilizational roots, the stronger this bond.”

    – President Masoud Pezeshkian/X.

    It also guards such relationships closely. Many top level officials concede that instead of extending a hand of friendship, they prefer to come out swinging.

    If a new partnership is suggested that is too meaningful in some way, to begin with, they respond in the opposite sense.

    America hasn’t got a lot of rope to use, and we definitely shouldn’t try either. The rest is internal, and many hope the matters are resolved by Iranians capable of guiding matters by themselves.

  • US targets in Iran are precise but misunderstood

    The targeting of a school in Iran – as it’s believed to have been – isn’t understood in the West for obvious reasons. We don’t enact clearances in the same way that military juntas do in the Middle East, who destroy schools as part of victory parades or in preparation for the removal of a rival leader.

    In fact, schools are a battleground in the region. Many are setup each year to bolster the respect of a leader for charitable efforts. Although complaints are made that these are supposed to substitute for a real education, it’s said to have still become a fad amongst warring and tribal loyalists.

    The annihilation of schoolchildren isn’t a stated part of the aims of the American superpower, and it definitely isn’t legal in its own domain.

    Iranians are proud of their education and the loss is a bitterness because it seems so far removed from the actual trouble caused by their former Supreme Leader, who, while not known for indulging in school building for superficial reasons himself, didn’t dissuade from taking part in pettiness, either.

    The result of military action is to see society pockmarked in often distressing ways, reminding us that the imperfect science of leadership has results that cannot be put alongside promises, slogans, or actual outcomes. We are held to a need to keep going, but the facts of the matter are hard to bear.

  • US strikes are only one side of the story

    A unique situation engulfs Iran at present and while it doesn’t look like a war to many of us there are hallmarks of a rising conflict that may gel in time to come.

    The strikes by America target installations it says lend powerful weight to Iranian threats worldwide. This is in line with paranoia at the top over capability.

    The hits by Israel target what it sees to be imminent threats to its survival. While the motive to do so is there, the conjecture is in need of being trusted than followed.

    Iran’s response has been to avenge the assassination of its former Supreme Leader, since this has political implications in the region, just to start with.

    Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General, speaking yesterday about the potential for escalation in the Middle East.

    Iran’s top military figures are known as “masters of mayhem” by some, meaning they keep cool in chaotic circumstances. They’re not deterred by overlapping events.

    Their skill is to achieve objectives while the map looks like conditions are decidedly against it. The care for the prosperity of Iran is largely in their hands.

    They will be safeguarding the nation against attacks while following the outcomes of the units responsible for the life of the former leader as his memory fades.

    They also have to keep watch over the incoming units that will protect the new Supreme Leader from attempts that will come at all angles to destabilise him.

  • Iran gets ready for more of the same

    Iran’s Supreme Leader is not yet a disclosed figure on the world stage, but when he is a new Ayatollah will have risen to the fore. This comes with a mission and its mandate, and as far as regional realities go, it begins to have its effect.

    The American drive for regime change isn’t necessarily a plan of action in such a circumstance as this because Persian identity is already understood like this and in the many other forms of community cohesion that exist in Iran today.

    The religious aspect of Mojtaba Khamenei’s leadership position will come through, whom Iranians believe in large proportion to be the saviour of Islam in a world of vile influences. His is a political influence while Muslims wait for cleansing and their messiah.

    The defence of the temporal and spiritual is therefore tied up in this one man. It’s difficult to suggest an alternative because religion is a deeply held sympathy, and from the plains to the urban centres it’s kept to with an avid vigilance.

    But it’s business as usual because America won’t change its foreign policy, and the Middle East won’t change its ways. Progress is also lost so easily in a region that has competing agendas. Any plan for peace is ruined by further relapses to terror and acrimony.

  • Iran’s Supreme Leader first has geopolitical realities

    Iran’s new Supreme Leader has to regain control over the matters his father had engaged. Some of these are obvious, but others will have been collected up by the former leader in the course of the war mongering of his dictatorial regime.

    These are added up into the collective power that Iran has and uses to wield influence in the same region and across the world.

    It may or may not include the terror elements in places like Gaza and Lebanon. These are less easy to handle and Mojtaba Khamenei is likely to decide against maintaining them as power bases, but invite their support nonetheless.

  • King pulls no punches on new Iranian leader

    The King is not known for launching tirades against individuals. He prefers to make short statements about them to setup the context of what he might think, say or do later, depending on the event or the circumstances.

    Mojtaba Khamenei, the latest Supreme Leader of Iran, is described by him as a “Hitler in the Middle East”, a leader that shows no signs of wanting peace, and only builds to dominate others.

    This shortens the lifespan of any great design or idea to ingratiate the Persian country here. Their culture may be of interest, or their religious practice and family life, but politically the situation is much less interesting to us.

  • Iran suffers huge blows to its detriment

    If regime change were on the cards for Iran, a lot more would be presently underway than we’ve seen so far. In context, Israel and America have managed to nearly completely destroy the capability of the former Supreme Leader. This doesn’t imply the fall of Iran is on its way, and neither is it an indication of any sort of plan or purpose.

    Shots of explosions – purportedly in Iran – posted to the Internet in early March 2026 (Credit: ISRAEL gaza NEWS/Telegram).

    As things go in the Middle East it’s usually those defending and that which is being defended that is targeted. It can result in missiles falling in the wrong places, but it can also be the fault of a bad state actor who is trying to repel action to deescalate and dismantle their illegal, centralised form of power.

  • Mojtaba Khamenei is a brutal opponent for us

    The new Supreme Leader of Iran is not to be messed with, and military games won’t work alongside any response to him. His angle is knowing how we work, and how things operate here is reputed as a special skill that he has.

    Iran has to come up from below because it’s in a poorer state than we are. It needs to try. It also works harder to impress, too, because it’s in a region that has room for powers like itself. It has a combative stance in the Middle East.

    The future direction is less bombastic because Mojtaba has more local concerns. He’s aware of his nation’s problems, and though he too is hindered by a strong desire for Islamic control, his intent is going to matter more to Iranians, and certainly less to us.

    The takeover of power is determined by a progress beyond the legacy of the last incumbent, and while he’s able to strike out on his own, Mojtaba struggles with a respect or reverence for his father that may be a problem for him in future as his status is firmly established.

    The Supreme Leader of Iran is beset also by a mysticism that guides public reaction to events. While protest is mostly seen as secular in nature, there are unpredictable undercurrents that create upward swell or pressure which can destabilise any form of power or control there.

    His position, however, is to react swiftly and he has proved he can deal decisively with these things – and much more. Iran is now a state of control, and glitches may present openings for more levels of unrest than seen before. But he is a leader who knows how.

  • Iran’s new Supreme Leader is a thorn among the brambles

    Mojtaba Khamenei has come out warring following the death of his late father, reiterating the Islamic world’s problem with much of the English speaking world, and further afield. Besides calling for revenge on the annihilation of Ali Khamenei, he says that Iranians will feel the warmth of his new rule.

    It’s unlikely. He sits in place, so far from the ordinary concerns of Iranians, who are less likely to be combative with the rest of the wider world over such matters that mean so much to Islamic scholars, such as Western media or attention to academic matters that vary from the doctrinal dogma of the ruling elite that they’ve got to love.

  • All hail Mojtaba, the new Khamenei

    The election of Ali Khamenei’s son isn’t a new sun rising on Iran, but an old sun setting over it. The approach of a new Supreme Leader is something to be explored, rather than imagined. This is the expectation of some observers as Mojtaba Khamenei takes on the position that comes to define Iran in meaningful, if complicated, ways.

    The subject of Islam also has to come up because it’s so important there and it has an impact on the way things go for foreign adversaries. Iranians are more likely to be short-tempered rather than patient, shooting from the hip than talking it out and seeking a reasonable agreement. The doctrine of the Koran is at the forefront of their ‘thinking’ about matters raised in more international forums.

    Mojtaba is a “quiet intellectual”, so said a now-passed Iranian academic I spoke to in London, and he possesses an equal memory of truth and knowledge. He’s not known as bitter but he takes revenge if he sees it’s justified. This may prove problematic for America, who may see him as a new emperor while Iranians get on with life under a ruler with less than predictable ways.

  • Khamenei wrongly believed the UK is a failed State

    Ali Khamenei, the fallen Supreme Leader of Iran, had believed the UK to be a failed State that was “built on half-measures” and prone to “overthinking” things. While he may have had some fodder for thinking these things, he is wrong to come to such a conclusion.

    The UK has suffered many setbacks in recent times, such as Irish terror, foreign infiltration, and global economic straits. These are not indicative of a failed State but only a part of that which results from a reality that involves us reaching out across the world.

    Iran, by contrast, suffered a Leader that has no grip on reality. His control over his own affairs was total and this had a detrimental effect on ordinary people. His lawless activity was prone to destabilising his nation’s own affairs. He had no basis on which to judge others and criticise their state of affairs.

  • Khamenei ruled by fear, making his progress by threats

    Iran isn’t freer until it’s free, and the absence of Ali Khamenei is not a guarantor of better times for those who feared and fled his charismatic, autocratic rule.

    His successor is not going to be far behind his way of doing things.

    Albeit international intervention may help, it’s not progress in Iranian terms because it says nothing new.

    The communication of truths or values has to be Persian, show respect for Islam, and be conducive to the public good.

    This cannot be said to be in the minds of Tehran’s ruling elite in the slightest.

    Their focus is as decided as a Conclave, producing certainties that Iranians have to live by. Their power is absolute, encroaching daily where it can get more ground.

    The results are seen in hardship, quarrelling, and low rates of growth in the economy. The setbacks are too much for many citizens.

    The fear spread by such rule has now long been a feeling deeply embedded in the life and soul of the nation.

    It will take further effort to clear a path for real Iranian freedom.

  • Iran chooses a new leader by process, not by popularity

    The situation now in Iran is a power vacuum due to its Supreme Leader having died. It’s not necessarily subject to infighting. It’s not believed that changes in leadership are fractious in Iran. It’s reported that disagreements are usually ended shortly before the real decisions have to be made.

    The internal Assembly of Experts will be expected to make a final decision on the next Supreme Leader for Iran, to follow Ali Khamenei. While it’s believed this Assembly did not prove to support Khamenei to the end, it’s thought that it has a new resolve and it’s likely to support his successor into the future.

    The state of affairs in this regard is different to that in the West. The list of candidates is shorter and obviously does not include the population at large. Many people are already familiar with leaders who are appointed to high position, and therefore it’s not likely to lead to much civil disturbance.

    The protests may continue because Iran also has a strong academic culture that runs deep and has powerful branches. This is a bugbear for Iranian leadership because it proves strong and is a frequent rallying point for disaffected students in many walks of life.

    The appointment is not going to be a surprise to observers around the world, who see Iran as a country that remains virtually the same no matter who it is, and have already witnessed the mechanics of a process that also rarely shifts its focus to produce similar results. 

  • Caught: Iran activists

    In an exclusive for Conservative News Site, a duo of suspects alleged of antagonistic activities against MI6-type activities in the UK can now both be identified together for the first time on a UK news site.

    A duo of suspects
    A duo of suspects alleged of deep interference in MI6-type activity and of targeting its building – Vauxhall Cross – in London.

    Their presence in the UK is considered to be nefarious because such activists show an unrelenting pace of activity in the UK that challenges State authorities. It may even lead to further civil unrest that deepens its problems.

    Iranian interference

    The problem is not likely to be backed by Iran. It’s because activists by Iranian birth have been shown to be proactive on their own behest.

    They only seem to attempt to combine it with a desire for regime change at home and do not do it or use it for any official reason.

    However, Iran has been accused before of interfering in UK political affairs. It’s a matter of urgent, ongoing activity for MI5 and MI6 to look into it respectively.

    Activist insurgency

    The matter of unofficial activity in the UK is falling into the category of insurgency and it’s continuing to concern MP’s too. In fact, some representatives rent alternative office space to stay safe.

  • World exclusive: Iran spy

    In a world exclusive for Conservative News Site, an Iran-backed spy alleged of operating a “Tent City” protest in central London in defiance of official control orders has now been spotted in a hotel in Reading, Berkshire.

    A suspected Iran-backed spy
    A suspected Iran-backed spy alleged of operating an illegal “Tent City” protest in central London.

    He’s believed to have social networking “Keys” and tools that enable access to some of the private inboxes of Intelligence leads that have their base in London.