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The Battle Over the Future of Iran. By Raghu Kondori <\/span>and Behrouz Fathali, in The Times of Israel<\/h2>\n
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In the heart of the Lion and Sun national revolution, simultaneous with the suppression of the defenseless people of Iran by the Islamic Republic and against the backdrop of regional developments, a strategic reality has become increasingly apparent to the Iranian nation: the formation of an anti-national front that serves as a direct continuation of the political forces emerging from the 1979 revolution and anti-Iranian currents. This front operates not necessarily as a formal alliance, but as a functional convergence whose shared objective is to prevent the rise of a national, independent, and inclusive alternative for the future of Iran.<\/p>\n

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