“They thought it would be a cakewalk, that ‘We’re going to come from the sky with our bombs–’ You bomb schools full of children, hospitals, universities, and then somehow people are going to welcome that, rise up and overthrow this regime? What we’re seeing in these images is the exact opposite.” Trump is reportedly shocked that up to 15 million people across Iran and Iraq are attending the six-day funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader assassinated at the start of what was supposed to be a quick and dirty regime change war but which ended instead with Washington scrambling to save face. While the US president muses disingenuously about “fake tears,” Negar Mortazavi, senior fellow at Center for International Policy and host of the Iran Podcast, says the historic mass public mourning in open defiance of Washington and Tel Aviv reflects the Iranian people’s resilience and continuity as resistance. What’s next for the “unsettled settlement” currently restraining Netanyahu in Lebanon and keeping ships (sort of) shipping in the Strait of Hormuz? And what did this war – on Iran and Iranians, not just on the Islamic Republic – do to consolidate national support for the regime? Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today! #breakthroughnews

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