In Iran, the regime has indeed changed: It's less restrained, more hard-line
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... Every night, thousands of fervent, flag-waving supporters of Iran's Islamic Republic take to the streets to vent vitriolic rage at their American and Israeli attackers.

They celebrate surviving 40 days of war, a fragile ceasefire, and now negotiations in which they believe Iran has the upper hand.

The chants also herald another change: The ascendance of a new hard-line cadre of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has stepped up as the United States and Israel have assassinated scores of senior military and political figures, including the longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

U.S. President Donald Trump, invoking an initial and oft-cited war aim, says he has achieved "regime change" in Iran, and that the new leaders are "less radical and much more reasonable" than before.

But analysts say the decapitation campaign has, instead, enabled the rise of the most hard-line elements of the IRGC, which now feel freshly emboldened and less willing to compromise to end the war. ...

Poi Dog Pondering - Everybody's Trying (1990)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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[Verse 1]
I know you're bitter, but why, why, why?
Don't you know that two wrongs don't make a right?
It's not that simple, no
It's not that simple

[Chorus]
But everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out
Everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out

[Verse 2]
I feel so detached today, I don't know
I feel so detached today, I don't know, know, know
It's not that simple (No)
It's not that simple

[Chorus]
But everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out
Everybody's trying to figure it out
Everybody's trying to work it on out
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Tehran did not request ceasefire extension, Iran's Tasnim News Agency says
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... Iran's Tasnim News Agency has reported, citing multiple sources, that Tehran did not request a ceasefire extension, despite US President Donald Trump announcing one on social media.

Tasnim, which is linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said on Wednesday that Trump's announcement shows he knows he will achieve nothing through war, so he is considering the best possible way to exit it.

The news agency also said that continuing the naval blockade means continuing hostilities. It added that Iran will not open the Strait of Hormuz at least as long as the blockade remains in place and will break the blockade by force if necessary. ...