Guest Columns

Anti-Americanism by Design: Inside the Ayatollahs’ Playbook

*Anti-Americanism is expressed by the Ayatollah regime’s Constitution, school curriculum, mosque sermons and official media, explicitly and through ideologically loaded terms such as “Global Arrogance” or “World Oppression” (Istikbar-e Jahani) and “The Great Satan” (Shaytan-e Bozorg).  These terms form a cornerstone of the Ayatollah’s foundational doctrine and core ideology, including its policy toward the US. *The…

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US vs. Iran: It’s Not About Israel

*Independent of Israel’s existence, the Ayatollah regime’s hostility toward the US is deeply rooted in its 1,400-year-old fanatical, apocalyptic, anti-“infidel” ideology, as is reaffirmed in its Constitution, school curriculum, mosque sermons, official media and daily geo-strategic conduct. *Notwithstanding US-Israel relations, the overriding ideology of the Ayatollah regime mandates the global…

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Is the Ayatollah Regime Susceptible to Reform?

*A regime that merely changes tactics under pressure – and is not forced into foundational restructuring – is not reformed, but temporarily constrained. A durable reform away from the Ayatollah’s Islamic Republic requires more than a leadership turnover. *47 years of the Ayatollah regime’s rogue track record determines that expecting this regime to be potentially…

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