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Posted on 04/19/2026 5:50:51 PM PDT by Libloather
Iran’s hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leader has effectively taken control of Tehran’s military and negotiation team over the weekend, analysts said.
IRGC Commander Maj. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi and members of his inner circle have allegedly taken charge of the Islamic republic, as evident by Iran’s attacks on ships trying to sail through the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s refusal to join peace talks with the US this week, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank said.
The sudden shift to a hardline stance also shows that more moderate members of Iran’s leadership, including Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi, have been sidelined.
Araghchi had initially agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend after reaching a consensus with the Trump administration, but the IRGC demanded it remain shut in the face of the American blockade on Iranian ports.
Vahidi reportedly received the backing of Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary and an IRGC veteran, to control the strait — further cementing Vahidi’s grip on Iran.
The IRCG’s fast attack ships remain Iran’s main form of naval force in the key waterway after US-Israeli airstrikes sunk more than 150 vessels of Tehran’s conventional navy during the war.
Iran had attacked at least three ships trying to get through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, signaling that the oil chokepoint remains closed off as hundreds of ships are still stuck in the Persian Gulf.
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> What makes an Iranian regime leader “moderate”? <
Radical Moslems want to kill the infidels.
Moderate Muslims want the radical Moslems to kill the infidels.
(Oh, and I suppose there are liberal Muslims, too. But not many.)
They informed us on Tousi TV that the clerics and government would be sidelined by the IRGC and the IRGC would take control.
Aren’t they really boats?
Everybody's building ships and boats
Some are building monuments
Others are jotting down notes
Everybody's in despair, every girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna jump for joy.
These are the fellows whose greatest wish is to Islamize the world.Theiir second and wish is to kie killing infidelsto die killing infidels. There is no third wish.
These are the fellows whose greatest wish is to Islamize the world.Their second wish if is to die killing infidels. For many the order is reversed.
Well, there goes the Swalwell story.
Or is this the week before the generals defect and ignore orders to open fire on the citizens just like Christmas 1991 in Moscow.
They have about 700 of them. It could be Dec 7th all over again.
But first, a little chi-chi.
“Everybody’s building ships and boats
Some are building monuments
Others are jotting down notes
Everybody’s in despair, every girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody’s gonna jump for joy.”
Kudos for the Bob Dylan reference
After we kill these new leaders perhaps their replacements will be more reasonable.
Turkey Shoot for wart hogs and apaches.
with Iran reblocking the Strait, and delaying a supposed deal,,,,
they are giving the President “the business”.
“The IRGC allegedly pushed for the appointment of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to be seen in public since the war began.
Big Mo is limpin’ to the finish.”
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The IRGC has alway been in charge there.
There was NEVER any moderates, they are all evil to the core and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM need to be taken out
You nis-spelled sh... nvm 😆
The Gay Ayotollah is dead, he died the day of the blast that killed his scum bag father..they are doing what the Biden Administration did with Biden for 4 yrs, just pretend he is still alive when in reality he was long gone
You have a better chance of finding Elvis, Jimmy Hoffa or the Easter Bunny.
That is true, except Fetterman, he’s a moderate, heck even though he’s a Democrat and we disagree with some things he behaves more like a Republican than some in the GOP Establishment who still wont pass the damn SAVE ACT
The Daily Mail has resorted to calling the U.S. military “Trump’s troops” like he’s Hitler swallowing up Europe.
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