I visited Tehran's Sharif University of Technology, where the US bombed its AI center this April
The attack caused $100 million in damage to data units, and was part of a broader assault on research centers
A physics prof told me the bombing aimed to shatter Iran's knowledge base and strip it of scientific independence
Full report soon
Massive turnout for the funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei. The failure to recognise the popular support for the Iranian government was a key reason for the failure of the US war. The Iranians were no more likely to assist the US in toppling their own government than the Iraqis were to welcome the US as liberators.
Why this disastrous miscalculation? Government-approved narratives in the West must always strip opponents of legitimacy in order to build the liberal democratic case for regime change and war. Any dissenting voices in the West can then be smeared as not caring about the people they are supposedly planning to "liberate" with bombs, or the dissenting voices are merely portrayed as traitors.
The consequence? We fall for our own war propaganda every time and then pay the price. Even if you hate and want to defeat Iran, Russia, China, and other opponents of Western global hegemony, it is surely still in your interest to get the analysis right.
The video shows a massive funeral procession (likely Khamenei's). Huge crowds at state events in Iran mix genuine core support, religious mourning, and regime mobilization—impressive scale doesn't equal unified national backing.
No credible primary source matches the claimed "Israeli official" quote about underestimating popular "sanctification." Sounds like spin.
Iran has real regime loyalists *and* deep, documented opposition (protests, diaspora views). Aerial shots alone don't settle the bigger picture.
لأول مرة، تكشف الكاميرات عن الحجم الحقيقي للجماهير الإيرانية الملتفة حول خامنئي، في مشهد يقول للمحللين الغربيين: أخطأتم في قراءة المشهد.
مسؤول إسرائيلي يعترف علناً: 'افترضنا أن استهدافه سيُحدث فراغاً، لكننا صُدمنا بحجم التقديس الشعبي، حيث يراه الملايين كرمز ديني لا يمكن المساس به'.
هذا الفيديو يحمل رسالة واضحة للعالم.. لا تفوّتوه.