Will Iran destroy itself?

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian suggested the possibility that Iran will destroy itself in a speech to Iran’s parliament on Tuesday and sought to rally the Iranian regime around Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We can disagree with one another, but there is someone who ultimately makes the decisions,” he said. “During the war, I had no fear for myself, but I was worried that, God forbid, if something happened to the leader, we would turn on one another—there would be no need for Israel to intervene. … We must value him and stand firmly behind him.” Israel and the U.S.’s attacks on Iran in June had many wondering if its leader or its radical Islamist government would survive. The Trumpet asserted at the time that the country would grow far stronger, explaining why in “Is Iran’s Regime Finished?”