Haviv Rettig Gur
This is pretty much the best-case scenario for Israel: An Iran that sheds its revolutionary theocracy in favor of a petty and introverted military dictatorship. And it's a very bad scenario for Iranians.
Esfandyar Batmanghelidj
A key misunderstanding about Iran is the belief that "clerics" hold significant power. This power has been consistently eroded since 1979. There are clerics who have recently been in positions of authority, with the ability to shape state policy, (Rouhani, Taeb, Raisi etc.), but