This analysis by Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی is the best thing I've read on regime change in Iran. Even with new leadership, there will be significant continuity in institutions and political culture. "Revolution" is a renewal of the drive for reform, nothing more. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/19/wha…

The US bombed Fordo nuclear site in Iran tonight. Read our story of the MI6 British spy, Iran's deputy defense minister Alireza Akbari who revealed Fordo was a secret nuclear bunker, setting it all in motion. w/ Ronen Bergman nytimes.com/2023/05/01/wor…

NYT: The B-2’s that struck the Iranian nuclear sites flew non-stop for about 37 hours from their base in Missouri, refueling several times mid-air.

Poland is living through the biggest stress test of its democratic legitimacy since the end of communism in 1989. On 1 June, the country’s presidential runoff delivered one of the tightest results in its modern history. 1/ 👇🏻

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Iran’s supreme leader faces his defining moment on.ft.com/4kKWxT8

"A group of Iranian businessmen, political and military figures, and relatives of high-ranking clerics have begun hatching a plan for running Iran without Khamenei," Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی writes: theatlantic.com/international/…

Gulf allies shaken by Trump’s Iran strikes on.ft.com/3T2RCAM

Make no mistake, when the hot part of this conflict comes to an end for Iranians, its only the beginning. There will be recriminations and score-settling. A regime with a long history of rounding up innocent people and forcing them to confess under torture to being spies and

"Two Iranian officials said the questions on everyone's minds were: 'Where is Khamenei? Why isn't he speaking?' Communication with the supreme leader was extremely difficult... since he had been sheltering in a bunker without electronic communication." nytimes.com/2025/06/22/wor…

Iran’s Nuclear Dreams May Survive Even a Devastating American Blow nytimes.com/2025/06/23/wor…

The Economist: IRGC hardliners have already de facto seized power in Iran in outrage over perceived weak leadership of clerical elites. One thing that is certain is that the pro-Western negotiation factions have been repeatedly humiliated. economist.com/middle-east-an…

BIG if it happens: Trump admin. may help Iran access $30 billion to build a civilian-energy nuclear program by easing sanctions + access to $6B in frozen Iranian funds. Witkoff coordinating closely with Arab Gulf states. CNN: cnn.com/2025/06/26/pol…

This missing stockpile of HEU would not even exist had Trump not withdrawn from JCPOA which banned it til 2031. Yet by June 2025 Iran’s stockpile of 60% HEU (400kg) was bigger than the amount of allowable 3.67% LEU (300kg) under the deal. nytimes.com/2025/06/26/us/… via @NYTimes

Erdogan shovels Macron around

The Emirati sheikh is best known as the owner of a top British soccer team. But behind the scenes, he is the “handler” guiding secret wars in Sudan and elsewhere. With tariq panja nytimes.com/2025/06/29/wor…

A culture of fear takes root within the Trump administration. I witnessed this in the Soviet Union and Communist Europe. Not thrilled to see it at home. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Iran is now facing the same decision that Israel did in 1967, and ironically Israel is pushing it to make the same decision it did in 1967 to go for a nuclear bomb ft.com/content/f6a7f1…

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