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2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Recipient. Executive VP @quincyinst. Author of Losing an Enemy, Single Roll of the Dice & Treacherous Alliance. Views are my own.

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Trita Parsi is an Iranian-born Swedish writer and activist, co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, and founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council. .. more

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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 5h
"For the sake of regional and world peace, the best option may be to help secession happen and thereby take a downsized Iran, freed from a murderous regime, off the geopolitical chessboard entirely."

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Like clockwork: As soon as war becomes the most likely outcome, WSJ runs an oped (the first of many, presumably) arguing that:
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www.wsj.com/opinion/a-fr...
Opinion | A Fractured Iran Might Not Be So Bad
Its borders are artificial, and a breakup would frustrate the interests of Russia, China and others.
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“The most likely scenario is that there is another variation of the regime, through elements from within the same regime,” Parsi said. “It’s one thing to decapitate the top leadership. The security establishment is a different matter.”

edition.cnn.com/2026/01/16/m...
War, diplomacy, or revolt: What comes next in Iran? | CNN
The regime may have been able to crush the latest wave of protests using its tried-and-tested playbook of repression. But the fundamental grievances animating protesters haven’t gone away.
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This was Jan 13, Amir Avivi, chairman of@idsfisrael speaks of the impending attack on Iran "with Israeli support."

The idea that Israel lobbied against Trump attacking is laughable.

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“[Pahlavi] is really struggling to win Trump’s approval... but it doesn’t seem to be working,” said Parsi. “He’s trying to get support from the US because he’s not trying to do a revolution from below, but to get installed from above."
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Exiled crown prince’s plan for Iran is mostly aimed at Trump, experts say
Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has outlined his vision for a democratic Iran on social media. His plan includes ending a pursuit of nuclear weapons, confronting drug trafficking, and recognizing Isr...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 1d
I am extremely skeptical of the narrative that Netanyahu last-minute pushed Trump to postpone the strikes.

It appears to serve the purpose of preventing the diverging interests of the US and Israel from coming to light. Sustain an appearance that Trump and Netanyahu are on the exact same page.

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