The IRGC denied responsibility for the airport damage and tried to pin it on a malfunctioning Patriot interceptor. Cameras catching a Shahed flying into the building makes that excuse very hard to sustain. Source: Tabz on TG
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2062295248391250203
🚨🇰🇼 A Shahed-136 piston engine has reportedly been recovered from the wreckage at Kuwait International Airport, physical proof that an Iranian drone hit the terminal.
The IRGC claimed the airport damage came from a malfunctioning American Patriot, but you do not find a Shahed engine in the debris of a Patriot failure. Between the CCTV footage of the drone flying into Terminal 1 and now the hardware pulled from the scene, the evidence runs one direction. Source: Middle East Spectator on TG
How power operates in Iran
Three fundamental concepts are important in understanding politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran: dualism, pragmatism, and the nezam.

Power blocs shaping decisions

Shifting power
Competing to fix Iran's problems
(i) Rescuing the economy
(ii) Diplomacy with the US
(iii) Regional security
Advancing European diplomatic leadership
People to watch
https://ecfr.eu/publication/reviving_the_revolutionaries_how_trumps_maximum_pressure_is_shifting_irans
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_of_Islamic_Revolution_Stability / Paydari Front,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_principlists