"This video from inside Iran says a lot.
The Iranian Legos exposed the structural ignorance many Americans have about Iran, while Iranians grow up knowing American culture, myths, films, and symbols inside out.
And here come the Iranian cowboy girls"
https://x.com/Dehshiri4Law/status/2052806722557788649
Iran commentary by top observers
Re: Iran commentary by top observers
Re: Iran commentary by top observers
"Friends, let me tell you about Sara Larijani. This woman hits you like a desert storm wrapped in pure intellect. Daughter of that philosopher king Ali Larijani, carrying his fire and turning it into something alive, something dangerous for the old empires.
She stands there speaking with the calm fury of someone who actually knows.
No borrowed slogans, no weak apologies.
She talks about 1979 like it was the day Iran stood up and said we will build our own future with our own hands, our own minds, our own blood.
You listen to her and you feel the weight of real history, not the fake textbook garbage they feed everyone.
She makes you believe that one nation breaking the chains can shake the whole rotten system.
Other countries watching, Africa, Asia, South America, they see her and they start dreaming dangerous dreams again. Dreams of real independence.
Sara is not just speaking. She is carrying her father’s philosophical thunder and blasting it straight into the face of imperialism."
https://x.com/Shinamuller/status/2052757866516213822
Re: Iran commentary by top observers
Important revelation from Dr Marandi
The takfiris to which the professor is referring are surely the terrorist band, Jaish-i-Adl, based in Pakistani Balochistan and poised to attack Iranian Balochistan just across the border, if the logistics are the same as they have been.
"The Trump and Netanyahu regimes have prepared Kurdish terrorists in northern Iraq, as well as Takfiri terrorists on the Pakistani border, along with assassination teams to attack Iran alongside a US-Zionist assault.
Any combined assault will be defeated."
https://x.com/s_m_marandi/status/2053187410322665546
Re: Iran commentary by top observers
Note : in Iran, the "bazaaris" are incredibly influential. It was with their backing that the 1979 revolution occurred. Without the support of the usually wealthy bazaaris, who are not secular merchants but usually devout Muslims by character, the revolution may not have succeeded, or not so quickly as it did.
Also, the role of the bonyads [foundations] has been little discussed in the West, but they are, as described here, immensely powerful in this Islamic Republic system. It's estimated that the bonyads control 20% of Iran's GDP.
They are said to be directly answerable to the Supreme Leader.
"Mahdi Khamoushi: The Rising Architect of Influence
Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader is said to have chosen Khamoushi as his new Chief of Staff, moving Khamoushi into his inner circle.
This is a very pivotal role that positions the 64-year-old Khamoushi at the very heart of the Islamic Republic’s future power structure. In this role, he is the successor to the powerful Mohammad Golpayegani that served Ali Khamenei for almost four decades.
Khamoushi’s ascent is backed by the right institutional, political and even family links.
Appointed by Ali Khamenei in 2018, Khamoushi is the head of
the Endowment and Charity Organization (Oghaf)—Iran’s wealthiest entity outside of the central government.
Managing over 1.2 million assets, the organization’s scale is staggering; in the holy city of Mashhad alone, roughly half the land falls under its jurisdiction.
Prior to his current roles, Khamoushi spent nearly two decades (2001–2018) at the helm of the Islamic Propagation Organization by Ali Khamenei’s appointment. The Organization is in charge of disseminating Islamic/revolutionary culture. Khamoushi remains IPO’s chairman of the board of trustees.
His family lineage is equally formidable. The son of Taghi Khamoushi (1937–2006), Mahdi hails from a dynasty who have been heavyweights in Tehran’s Bazaar.
The family’s realm spans from tourism to the petrochemical sector. His uncles, Ali Naghi and Abolhassan, are titans of industry; Ali Naghi, in particular, is widely regarded as the "Godfather" of Iran’s petrochemicals.
The Khamoushi family represents the ultimate synthesis of the Tehran Bazaar and revolutionary politics. Emerging from a traditionalist merchant background, they were founding members of the Motalefeh Party—a collective of religious groups that formed under the directive of Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1960s.
Matrimonial ties further cement Khamoushi’s standing withing the Supreme Leader’s inner circle. Mojtaba’s younger brother, Maysam, married into the Lolachian family—one of the oldest and most respected merchant clans in the Bazaar. Maysam’s mohter-in-law is Ezzat Lolachian (Khamoushi), Khamoushi’s aunt. She was a prominent figure in her own right.
Mahdi Khamoushi is also an academic with deep ideological roots. He holds a PhD in Islamic Jurisprudence from Motahari University—a citadel in the heart of old Tehran of revolutionary theology, the Islamic Republic style.
He has studied, taught and worked as a department head at the university.
Prior to his current roles, Khamoushi spent nearly two decades (2001–2018) at the helm of the Islamic Propagation Organization by Ali Khamenei’s appointment. The Organization is in charge of disseminating Islamic/revolutionary culture.
Khamoushi's new role could bear a much wider significance in the evolution of the Iranian polity than just an appointment."
https://x.com/rassam_hossein/status/2053470496960692597
Re: Iran commentary by top observers
This is the former head of Saudi intelligence, Prince Turki
"Turki Al-Faisal admits it:
“If not for Iran, Israel would have controlled the region.”
Normalization protected no one.
Statements deterred no one.
Summits stopped no one.
The region was not protected by talk.
It was protected by 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.
Who dares say it?"
https://x.com/SilentlySirs/status/2053629784366993476
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I didn't know this, but i always FELT to avoid his books on foreign policy in the region. He just seemed to be talking to be sounding like an expert, but was not in fact really qualified on any particular subject.
"Robert Kagan has been behind every US war for decades.
For him to concede US lost its hegemony by defeat to Iran is a huge signal the world order has changed.
He’s Victoria Newland’s [Nuland] husband. She was the agent of regime change, war, and evil everywhere, especially Ukraine"
https://x.com/Kathleen_Tyson_/status/20 ... 4637635661
Re: Iran commentary by top observers
"Russian Federation News Network Director Muhammad Safi al-Din:
During one of his visits to Iran, President Putin spoke about his meeting with the martyred Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei:
When I met Khamenei, I felt as if I were meeting the Lord Jesus Christ. His spirituality and religious majesty left a profound impression on me.
This description reflected a deep personal admiration from Putin for Khamenei's spiritual presence and his significant impact on him during the meeting."
https://x.com/Su_35m/status/2053540561475219561