Dismantling the Iranian regime from the bottom up
Iran is a vast country, ethnically and geographically diverse. An attempt to take control of it or change its regime in one move is expected to fail. In contrast, creating a sequence of areas where…
Assessment
The piece argues that Iran's size and ethnic diversity make a single decisive regime change unlikely. Instead, it proposes a strategy of gradually eroding the regime's control zone by zone, creating a cumulative loss of power. The key question is whether such a fragmented approach can actually gain traction without triggering a unified crackdown.