The Iranian regime has completed the most violent crackdown in its history and now finds itself facing an unprecedented American threat. Unlike Bashar Assad, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has nowhere to run, which could push him toward a “Samson option,” such as attempting to block the Strait of Hormuz.
The Italian foreign minister announced that he will raise a proposal at the EU Foreign Affairs Council to impose personal sanctions on those responsible for the violent crackdown in Iran.
The Trump-Netanyahu must take into account that a wounded Iran, after Operation Rising Lion and Midnight Hammer, remains extremely dangerous. Its allies, China and Russia, may also seek to help it recover.
Israel Hayom has learned that military forces stood ready to launch cemetery operation near Daraj Tuffah and Shujaiyya while awaiting political authorization that came only after the US compelled Israel to open the Rafah crossing.
Sources told Persian Gulf media that senior officials in the intelligence apparatus of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are working at full force to prevent the restoration of full internet access, amid growing fears within the regime that reconnecting the country would reignite protests.
