Eliminating Iran's top leadership would not be enough to overthrow the regime, Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi says. Even Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is replaceable. Killing Khamenei would be a setback, but would not cause the system to fail.
WorldThe Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah has appointed Naim Qassem as new leader. A safe hand, according to Middle East expert Rouzbeh Parsi. The question is whether Qassem, who according to Israeli reports is said to have fled to Iran earlier in October, has the ability to rebuild the battered militia movement.
ConflictsNow it's total war and Nasrallah is dead, says Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi. According to him, it can lead to the region's heavyweights – the USA and Iran – being forced into the war.
ConflictsIran's new president is described as a person who stands for a slightly more open relationship with Europe. But it does not necessarily have to have a greater impact on the situation of the Swedish-Iranian imprisoned researcher Ahmadreza Djalali, according to Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi.
SwedenFrom murderers and war criminals to wrongly convicted. The Iranian version of Saturday's prisoner exchange is a reversed mirror image of the Swedish one. The regime's line is that Noury's imprisonment was illegal, the sentencing illegal, and that the crime he is accused of did not take place, says Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi.
SwedenA win for the Iranian regime and a defeat for Swedish diplomacy. So comments Arvin Khoshnood, Iran expert affiliated with Lund University, on the prisoner exchange.
SwedenWhy does Iran seek help from Swedish criminal teenage boys to get its affairs in order? A sign of weakness, interprets Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi as. It shows a lack of capacity when one has to take help from people who, at least from an intelligence perspective, can be seen as unprofessional.
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