Iran's ruling class, its most influential government officials and business leaders, is reportedly fed up with the current regime's radicalism and is pursuing an Islamic but less confrontational model. It is said that they are trying to replace it with .
This is the analysis of experts interviewed by the UK. telegraphThe paper notes that Iranian leaders have quietly reflected on the regime's defeats in the region and concluded that constant fighting with the West is not a good idea.
of telegraph Reported on Thursday:
Arash Azizi, Iranian historian and author of the following books: [the late Iranian terror general Qasem] Soleimani said others in Iran's leadership may seize the opportunity to fundamentally reset foreign policy.
“A large segment of Iran's establishment realizes that their gig is over. Revolutionary Islamism, dedicated to confronting America, is not going to lead them anywhere,” he said.
“That doesn't mean they want to be a liberal democracy, but rather a great power pursuing its own interests, like Turkey or India.”
But some ordinary Iranians told the Telegraph they were celebrating the fall of Assad's regime and hoped the Ayatollah would follow the same path.
The Iranian regime has violently repressed efforts at political change since seizing power in a bloody 1979 revolution.
But after investing much of the country's wealth into wars, including a failed project to strengthen the Syrian regime and a failed strategy to surround Israel with terrorist proxies, the regime suddenly became perceived as weak.
And as President-elect Donald Trump approaches his inauguration in the United States and promises to reinstate sanctions that could cut off Iran's access to its oil market, some Iranian leaders are They may be looking for opportunities for change to avoid total collapse.
The Iranian people are said to be the most pro-American in the Middle East outside of Israel, and there could be many opportunities for cooperation and prosperity if Iran stopped trying to destroy Israel, America, and the West. be.
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