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Euronews' Persian service further noted another development: a phrase has been trending, saying that every drone that hits a Basij checkpoint "gladdens the souls of dozens of Javid-nam" in reference to victims of the bloody January crackdown and is suggests that these strikes provide new momentum and renewed hope for the protest movement.

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... Netanyahu made this clear in his speech by addressing the Iranian nation directly: "I say to the Iranian people: the moment of freedom is near. We stand with you and we are helping you." ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-15 06:34 PM | Reply

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But if there is no regime change in Iran (strategic), how do the attacks on the apparent "ICE" branch of the IRGC matter (tactical)?

Netanyahu called for regime change in Iran, but will he settle for less?
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... With a new war with Iran in its second week, and Israeli political and military leaders counseling patience among Israelis, what the government's actual war aims are and whether they are attainable remain elusive.

In contrast with President Donald Trump's zig-zagging on exactly why he decided to send the United States to war against Iran alongside Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's messaging has remained fixated on regime change in Iran since Day 1.

The U.S.-Israeli attack "will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people [to] rid themselves of the yoke of tyranny," Mr. Netanyahu declared at the war's outset. On Tuesday, he addressed Iranians directly on X, urging them: "Be ready to seize the moment!"

It is unclear, however, whether Mr. Netanyahu's "mission accomplished" requires overthrowing the Islamic Republic or, as some former Israeli military officials and analysts suggest, whether destabilizing the regime and severely reducing the threat it poses, especially its nuclear program, would suffice.

But even these more limited goals might increasingly be at odds with the Trump administration's tighter timetable (and shorter patience) for the war, as it focuses increasingly on the safe flow of the region's oil. ...



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Gave you funny flags because those were actually funny. It must be killing you that Iranians are collaborating with Israel against your fellow Islamic nutcases.

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The Israeli military is waging an intense campaign of tracking and destroying checkpoints and other locations manned by the feared Iranian regime's Basij militia in Tehran, according to the IDF, multiple Israeli media outlets and observations of Euronews' Persian service of social media activity out of Iran.

The Israeli objective appears to be destroying and demoralising the Basij units " the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's (IRGC) paramilitary militia " and in general to degrade the Iranian regime's internal security apparatus used for repression.

In an address to the nation on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is "delivering crushing blows to the Revolutionary Guards and the Basij, and we have only just begun."

In a striking development, multiple social media accounts observed by Euronews' Persian team claim that ordinary Iranian citizens film Basij checkpoints or military hideouts, posting the videos on social media as a form of opposition after thousands of Iranian protesters were killed and injured by the militia and other security forces during the violent crackdown on protests preceding the war.

#13 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-15 10:22 PM | Reply

"Iranians have been helping Israel target street level security forces
Posted by rf4b"

Interesting story. A little payback for the 32,000 Iranian civilians Ayatollah Asawhollah's wacko zealots slaughtered in January.

#14 | Posted by censored at 2026-03-15 10:30 PM | Reply

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