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"The 12-day confrontation between Iran and Israel in June 2025 may not have
escalated into a full-scale regional war, but it marks a potentially critical
turning point in Iran’s internal political landscape.
Though the Islamic Republic has entered into direct conflict with a foreign
adversary before, it has never done so while so militarily weakened, internally
fractured and increasingly alienated from its own population.
And unlike the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, when national unity coalesced around
the defense of Iranian sovereignty, this time the government appeared to fight
without significant public support. While accurate polling from within Iran is
hard to come by, the lack of pro-government rallies, the low approval numbers
for the government ahead of the war and the government’s subsequent crackdown
since tell their own stories.
As a researcher of different ethnic groups within the country, I know that many
Iranians – especially those from historically marginalized communities – viewed
the conflict with Israel not as a defense of the nation but as a reckless
consequence of the government’s ideological adventurism and regional proxy
campaigns. It puts the Islamic Republic in its most vulnerable position since
its establishment after the Iranian Revolution in 1979."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
