Why Iran is going on the offensive

Published December 17, 2023 12:30pm ET



The Iranian leadership has never made any secret of its antipathy to the United States. Weekly “Death to America” chants are not rhetorical excess — they are policy direction. Certainly, the regime compels many Iranians to attend its rallies and bribes others, but Iranians can enter the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps bubble at age 8 in the equivalent of evil Boy Scout programs. Indoctrination is real.

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