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Regime change in Iran is now the only guarantee of nuclear security
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Regime change in Iran is now the only guarantee of nuclear security

A ceasefire will not protect the ayatollahs from the Iranian people.

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Gerald Warner
Jun 24, 2025
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A 2018 demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in Paris, in solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran (via Alamy/ 2MPBANA)

Run that past us one more time… You know, the bit about TACO, the terrifically witty acronym meaning “Trump always chickens out”, coined by the magisterial Financial Times. Does it enjoy much currency these days in the Fordow district of Iran? Or any other Iranian locale – or anywhere else in the world? While the recently announced ceasefire is unlikely to hold – it certainly will not protect the regime from its own people – it is clearly a result of the bombing campaign.

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