Most factions are looking for a negotiated settlement. But there are still powerful people who oppose a deal at any cost.
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Realists in the Islamic Republic know that sanctions relief and access to global markets are what Iran needs now.
In Iran, the ‘hardliners’ are a politically powerful group who follow the strict principles of the 1979 revolution.
The Liberal frontbencher is the opposition’s leading Jewish voice and will soon appear at the royal commission on antisemitism.
The IRGC commands large paramilitary forces, and has a history of fighting US and Israeli occupations via proxies.
Washington has long worked with Kurdish groups in the Middle East. But without sufficient support, encouraging Iranian Kurds into an uprising now could be dangerous.
A public uprising might not be enough to topple a deeply entrenched political system backed by armed paramilitary groups.
The latest attack on Iran goes far beyond previous operations by Israel and the US in both scale and scope. Tehran will likely lean on unconventional warfare as well as its missile stockpile.
While Iran’s current protest movement was sparked by economic collapse, its momentum has revealed ideological disagreements within the dynamics of diaspora politics.
Iran has a well-established pattern of targeting dissidents and Jewish institutions. It’s now arrived on Australian shores.
Australia’s accusations against the IRGC will likely add momentum to the push for broader Western alignment against Iran.
Israel has made clear its desire for regime change in Iran. But if the supreme leader is toppled, the next government would not likely be any friendlier to the West.
Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ is looking for Tehran to respond in force as a commitment to regional network of proxies.
Moderates are likely to be shut out of the race for the presidency, now seen as a stepping stone to Iran’s top job.
More than 85 locations linked to militias were hit in a robust response by Washington to an earlier deadly drone attack on a US base in Jordan.
Iranian protesters aren’t satisfied winning small battles within the Islamic regime. Their aim is a revolution that will result in universal human rights.
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