Peloni: Trump must prevent the Iranian regime from outlasting his administration. This is the unenviable outcome which will come from pursuing the Venezuela model in Iran. All the risks and all the costs which have been incurred upto this point will have come to naught if the IRGC is allowed to wait out Trump’s term, following which they will clearly move back towards their prior trajectory under a far less interested presidency, be it under someone like Vance or G_d forbid under a Democrat. They are responsible for the butchering of American citizens, the weaponizing of the drug trade, electoral tampering, and attempted assassinations of American leadership including President Trump himself. This regime must be ripped from its perch of power, root, stem and leaf, leaving no vestige behind to rekindle the flame of radicalism which will otherwise return to the state of blaze which will once again threaten the American people. This war must make an end of the Ayatollahs and the IRGC both. It is the only way to secure the safety of the region, the world and the American people.
by Majid Rafizadeh • Gatestone Institute • April 5, 2026
For decades, the Iranian regime has played a calculated game. When pressure intensifies — whether economic, political or military — it introduces a figure portrayed as “moderate” or “pragmatic.” Today a similar narrative is emerging around Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. A closer examination of his record, however, exposes that he is not an outsider, reformer or transformative figure. He is a quintessential insider — a product of the system from its earliest days. Pictured: Tehran Mayor, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf at Tasnim News Agency headquarters. By Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
- For decades, the Iranian regime has played a calculated game. Every few years, when pressure intensifies — whether economic, political or military — it introduces a figure portrayed as “moderate” or “pragmatic.” This narrative was once built around figures like Presidents Mohammad Khatami and Hassan Rouhani, both marketed to the West as agents of change.
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