Let’s see if this leads to 1) a planned succession, like in Venezuela, 2) a secular, Ataturk-style revolution, or 3) complete civilizational collapse in Iran. I would give it 90/10/0.01 percent odds for those three possibilities.

Will the IRGC sink ships in the Strait of Hormuz? Will they set the Saudi oil fields ablaze? All I know is that somewhere in hell, Dick Cheney and Henry Kissinger are smiling up at us.

  • RedNajm [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    Arab here . I can’t speak for everyone but martyrdom it an important concept in politics and history here

    If he died by the hands of Pissrael, he would be seen as a hero by much more people probably, and that’s not mentioning the large shia minority populations regionally who largely support him/Iran