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Amishman

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13. The current Iranian government will likely fully collapse in the next few weeks. But...

Reply to at140 (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:04 AM

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...that's the easy part.

The hard part is replacing it with something stable.

I think the likely plan is to use the Kurds as the boots on the ground, and install Pahlavi to head an interim government.

The question becomes, what will the Kurds be given in exchange? And will the rest of the country be OK with it? Not to mention holdouts who prefer Sharia law and a Shia Islamic government.

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