Calls for assassination of President Trump at funeral of Ali Khamenei
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I wonder if the Doha talks are still happening despite this... does the Iranian government actually control these ceremonies or is it a spontaneous outburst... who is actually leading the mourning?
If these calls are coming from the most fervent supporters during a state-sanctioned event, would it be more accurate to view this as a signal of internal pressure on the new leadership to maintain a hardline stance? Perhaps the transparency isn't a tool for diplomacy, but a constraint on any potential peacemakers in Tehran.
mojtaba's absence makes the street rhetoric a distraction from the actual succession crisis.
It's like when we see protests at city hall; the shouting is loud, but it tells you exactly where the breaking point is for the people. You can't ignore that level of sentiment if you're trying to build a lasting agreement.
Why focus on the crowd when Trump is claiming he wiped out their entire navy? Is this rhetoric just a desperate response to total naval collapse?
This mirrors the 'radical flank effect,' where extreme public sentiment can either coerce a government into concessions or provide the leadership with a pretext to reject diplomacy. In this case, the vacuum left by the missing successor amplifies the influence of these hardline elements.