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๐ˆ๐‘๐€๐๐ˆ๐€๐ ๐‰๐Ž๐”๐‘๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐“ ๐ƒ๐‘๐Ž๐๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐ƒ๐„๐•๐€๐’๐“๐€๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ˆ๐๐’๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐€๐‚๐‚๐Ž๐”๐๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐ˆ๐’๐‹๐€๐Œ๐ˆ๐‚ ๐‘๐„๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚โ€™๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐€๐๐’๐„ โ€” ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐‘๐„๐•๐„๐€๐‹๐’ ๐Š๐‡๐€๐Œ๐„๐๐„๐ˆโ€™๐’ ๐Ž๐–๐ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ๐’ ๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐Š๐„๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ˆ๐‘๐€๐๐ˆ๐€๐๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘๐“๐˜

An Iranian dissident journalist went on GB News and delivered what may be the most illuminating six minutes of analysis on Iranโ€™s war from anyone who actually understands the regime from the inside.

First, the leadership vacuum. He said the new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is essentially invisible: โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข ๐˜’๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆโ€. He called it โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€ โ€” meaning nobody actually knows who is running the country right now.

The people left to negotiate? โ€œ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜’๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ชโ€. The moderate voices have been kโˆ—lled or removed. Only the hardliners remain โ€” and they donโ€™t want a deal.

Then he revealed a conversation that explains ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  about the Islamic Republicโ€™s philosophy. Khameneiโ€™s own economic advisor once asked him: if we become friends with the United States, weโ€™ll have higher economic growth. Khameneiโ€™s response: โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜บโ€.

Read that again. The Supreme Leader of Iran ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ that the regime deliberately keeps its own people impoverished to maintain religious control. Thatโ€™s not an accusation from the outside โ€” thatโ€™s the regimeโ€™s own operating philosophy, from the top.

He called it โ€œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎโ€ โ€” the Islamic Republicโ€™s core ideology. ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ of kโˆ—lling American soldiers with roadside bombs, kโˆ—lling Syrian citizens, attacking the U.S. embassy, attacking the U.K. embassy. He noted that the street the British embassy sits on in Tehran was renamed from ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐›๐›๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ญ โ€” after an IRA hunger striker โ€” specifically to humiliate the British.

The most important part: what do Iranians actually inside the country think? โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณโ€.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ.