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Israel's Strike Changes Everything in Iran


(Wall Street Journal) Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh - Iranian VIPs routinely dismissed the Israelis as the little Satan that couldn't. Imagining the Zionists - not the Americans - derailing their nuclear ambitions was too embarrassing to the regime. Younger officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have seen Iran go on an unparalleled losing streak since Oct. 7. The regime, which suspects that most Iranians would welcome its demise, can't count on nationalism working to its advantage. We haven't yet seen Iranians rallying around the Islamic Republic's flag. Jerusalem might have saved the Middle East from an imminent nuclear-arms race by giving nonproliferation what it's been lacking - teeth. Russia and China, who have been back-stopping the Islamic Republic, will likely re-evaluate the utility of Iranian power in the Middle East. Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former Iranian-targets officer in the CIA, is a resident scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Ray Takeyh is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
2025-06-15 00:00:00
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