As the world ushered in a new year, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran finished “an escape plan” to flee to the warm embraces of Vladimir Putin should the revolt of shopkeepers and students who shout “Death to the Dictator” spiral beyond his control. On January 2, President Trump warned to the regime: if it “violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue.” In the same Truth Social post, he clarified that the United States is “locked and loaded and ready to go.” Khamani has now crossed that line and there is nothing his friends in Beijing and Moscow can do to save him. Apostasy out of Islam, refusing to wear the hijab, being a member of the LBTQ community (innocent human beings whom Prime Minster Netanyahu reminded the UN are hung from cranes by the Mullahs’ dark age regime) all activities for which Tehran will exact capital punishment – and indeed inform some of the most localized issues dear to those presently demonstrating in Iran’s cities.
Author: Robert Wilkie
Published at: 2026-01-10 20:57:28
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