Daily Archives: April 5, 2026
Same Regime, Different Face: The West’s Recurring Mistake in Iran
For decades, the Iranian regime has played a calculated game. Every few years, when pressure intensifies — whether economic, political or military — it introduces a figure portrayed as “moderate” or “pragmatic.” This narrative was once built around figures like Presidents Mohammad Khatami and Hassan Rouhani, both marketed to the West as agents of change.
A War That Went Awry
Seen from a long-term angle, all three protagonists in this war risk emerging as losers. Without a clear regime change in Tehran, neither Trump nor Netanyahu could justify the huge cost in treasure and prestige of this war.
Trump Is Preventing the Nightmare of Nuclear-Armed Iran
Like the fighter who distracts his foe with feints before bringing an uppercut that knocks out his opponent, the world has been exclusively focused on Iran shutting the Straits of Hormuz while ignoring the chilling fact that it is a regime of theocratic extremists who have launched ballistic missiles capable of hitting Europe as well as US bases in the Indian Ocean. Iran’s ruling ayatollahs want to put nuclear warheads on those missiles. That is where the real threat lies — not in a Middle East waterway — but in Iran’s missile silos and nuclear weapons program.
Bizagorana kuzabona amahoro mw’isi mu gihe cy’imanza zitabera
Ijambo ry’Uhoraho Uwiteka Imana Nyiringabo rikomeza kunzaho, maze rirambwira riti, mwana w’umuntu, bwira byiza ko wa kwibeshya yuko umuntu ari umwanzi wawe, kuruta kwibeshya ko ar’inshuti yawe, kandi atariyo, kuko iyo wibeshye kuri we bigira ingaruka zikomeye cyane uko niko Uwiteka Imana Nyiringabo abivuga.
