🎙️ 'The Axis' is out on Amwaj.media. Join Ali Hashem علي هاشم & Mohammad Ali Shabani as they explore key regional developments:

▪️ Operation 'True Promise': Goals & future impacts
▪️ Dealmaking poised to reshape the region

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“High-ranking IRGC officials are leaving Syria most likely temporarily; they are not abandoning their positions per se,” Hamidreza Azizi told Al-Monitor's Amberin Zaman
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#Iran 's leaders face 2weaknesses: Limited conventional capabilities 4war w #Israel /US &low legitimacy @ home

Their response shifts from strategic patience 2striking back & from some condoning to repression

Iran in transition blog #12: bit.ly/477LEVe w Hamidreza Azizi

Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

Sixteen-year-old Nika Shakarami vanished from an anti-regime protest in 2022 and her body was found nine days later. bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

#IRGC control of #Iran 's economy has been dissected in endless articles and think tank panels.

All of them miss the rise of semi/quasi-state sector actors such as the Social Security Organization.

Bijan Khajehpour looks at role of health crisis in this dynamic:
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Told laurence norman that escalation between Iran & Israel may strengthen Iranian calls for weaponization. While the risks of such a move continue to outweigh the advantages, the Iranian leadership is more likely to reconsider its nuclear approach than previously.

Told Adam Taylor The Washington Post that 'one of the consequences of recent Israeli-Iranian tensions was that the role of Israel in Iran’s nuclear calculus has become the highest
it has ever been.'
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BREAKING: Axios reports that Israel is open to discussing a 'sustainable calm' in Gaza as part of a hostage release deal

“You won’t take my daughter anywhere.” A brave Iranian mother stands up to morality police forces who are trying to arrest her daughter and take her away for defying the compulsory hijab rule. Iran is violently cracking down on women who refuse to wear the hijab.

'The Iranians did not start this conflict... this was considered to be a significant provocation.'

Piers Morgan's discussion with John Mearsheimer on Israel, Iran and more is now live 👇

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Piers Morgan

🎙️حمیدرضا عزیزی، Hamidreza Azizi پژوهشگر بنیاد علم و سیاست آلمان

 ⭕️تهران قواعد درگیری با تل آویو را بازتعریف کرد

⭕️همسایگان عربی به دنبال موازنه و مفاهمه با تهران خواهند بود

⭕️عادی سازی به مثابه بازدارندگی از اصول رویکرد کشورهای عربی منطقه مقابل 🇮🇷است⬇️

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This week on The New Arab Voice #podcast , we looked at the recent attacks by #Iran and #Israel .

Feat. MerissaKhurma from The Wilson Center, Trita Parsi from Quincy Institute, and Hamidreza Azizi from SWP Berlin.

Available now.

newarab.com/podcast/iran-a…

Read Dalia Dassa Kaye and Sanam Vakil صنم وكىل on how Arab states can help prevent further escalation between Iran and Israel—and mitigate the damage if the conflict starts to spiral.
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