Behnam Ben Taleblu بهنام بن طالب لو
@therealBehnamBT
Iran prgm senior director & senior fellow @fdd | Iran & MENA security 🚀☢️/politics📜🛢️+ US FP | 1st gen Iranian-American | RT & follows not endorsement
Pleasure to join @MariaBartiromo on @MorningsMaria this AM to break down: - Israel & America’s strikes against Iran’s ☢️ & 🚀 programs - The importance of pushing for a different government in Tehran - The implications of the Trump-Bibi meeting for peace in the Middle East
More than a month and half past the 12-Day War, and the Islamic Republic continues to try to spin nationalism and Islamism as mutual forces despite the 46-year history of the regime preferencing the Ummah over the nation.
محصولی: دوقطبی امت-ملت، کاذب و موردپسند دشمن است.
Rather than rebuild Iran, the Islamic Republic is shipping missile and drone components to the Houthis following the 12-Day War. @FDD’s @BridgetKToomey and I explain below, w/ an emphasis on unpacking the arsenal that was on its way to Yemen👇
Post-12-Day War, Iran Continues To Invest in the Houthis New FDD Policy Brief by @BridgetKToomey & @therealBehnamBT: bit.ly/3IDRQfF
Iran's hardline Kayhan daily newspaper details (what it/the regime) believes are 7 key outcomes/implications from its 12-Day War w/ Israel and America. Some truth, much spin, but you decide: 1 Deterrence Power 2 Strengthening National Unity 3 Trust in Domestic Capabilities 4…

From @WSJopinion: Tehran can’t stop. Not a day goes by in which Iranian religious or political officials don’t threaten the life of President Trump. As long as the regime lives, so will the threat, write @therealBehnamBT and @SGhasseminejad. on.wsj.com/459Aj7T
The Islamic Republic of Iran has a trans-national terror apparatus and proxy network with a truly global reach. The table and map below by @BridgetKToomey & @therealBehnamBT indicate which actors have been subject to terrorism sanctions in each…
This article makes an important point: Iran is NOT Iraq, Afghanistan, or Libya. Literacy in Iran is 90%+, university enrollment is similar to Europe, and its middle class is substantial. Iran's bureaucratic institutions have also been functional long before the Islamic…
Iran is ready for true democracy. spectator.org/iran-is-not-ir…
The window for France, Germany, and the U.K. to snapback tough UN sanctions against Iran is quickly closing. After years of violating its nuclear commitments, Iran doesn’t deserve more time – it deserves more pressure. I urge our European friends to snapback as soon as…
When I say this regime👏literally 👏 can't 👏 stop, this is what I mean. ICYMI: Mohammad-Javad Larijani, former advisor to Khamenei: "Millions of Muslims may be after Trump's head... It's not in our hands, it's the Fatwa, we must make the Fatwa bigger!" entekhab.ir/003g1d
The Islamic Republic's recent arrest of a French‑German cyclist is part of its deliberate hostage diplomacy. In my op-ed for @WashTimes, I discuss how the regime will detain anyone it can monetize, regardless of citizenship or diplomatic status: washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/…
Thoughts from @therealBehnamBT: "Iran’s latest SLV test is proof positive that after the 12-Day War, its calculus has not changed. The Islamic Republic remains committed to using its space program to mask its quest for longer-range strategic weapons that get around its…
Iran Tests Satellite Launch Vehicle for First Time Since War With Israel Analysis by @Brad_L_Bowman, @therealBehnamBT, @SGhasseminejad, & @JanatanSayeh: fdd.org/analysis/2025/…
Tehran is embracing the very nationalism it suppressed for much of its existence in the wake of a punishing 12-day war with Israel and the United States, signaling authorities' keenness to drum up unity among a weary populace. From murals of Cyrus the Great to patriotic songs at…
Iran has a trans-national terror apparatus of proxies & government entities. Where in the West (5 Eyes plus EU) have they been subject to sanctions & what is left to proscribe? In this interactive map @BridgetKToomey of @FDD & I identify gaps and explain. fdd.org/analysis/2025/…
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. In 2022 I explained the origins and evolution of the IRI’s anti-Israel rhetoric and reality as espoused by Ayatollahs Khomeini & Khamenei in @TheAtlantic 👇There has been no course correction to date. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
🎥 نفی «استراتژی نابودی اسرائیل» توسط وزیر امور خارجه جمهوری اسلامی ایران/دکتر سیدعباس عراقچی در گفتگو با فاکس نیوز: «سیاست ایران هرگز محو اسرائیل از نقشه نبوده است» #عقلانیت
🚨via @TheJusticeDept: A 63-year-old Lebanese national sentenced to 44 months in jail for IEEPA & ITSR violations after conspiring to sell U.S. drill rigs to Iran after fraudulently claiming the drills would first be sent to Turkey then Iraq. justice.gov/opa/pr/foreign…
In good company w/منشه امیر and @JasonMBrodsky in this piece about Iran's diplomatic gambit to stop Snapback at the UNSC before October by the one and only @bennyavni for the @NewYorkSun. nysun.com/article/dreadi…
Reports of the first successful SLV test post 12-Day War, featuring the Qased SLV by the IRGC-AF (not the Iranian Space Agency). First unveiled in the spring of 2020, the 3-stage SLV uses a small Salman solid-propellant motor capable of thrust-vectoring with a liquid-propellant…
A picture is worth a thousand words, but which words depends greatly on your perspective: 👇 - New age anti-regime activist: “Good news and onto the closure of the next one.” - Seasoned anti-regime Iran Watcher: “More proof of what Iran was and what it has become.”

اینترنت طبقاتی به زبان ساده طرح: جمال رحمتی #اینترنت_طبقاتی
A new level of regime propaganda: Wife of slain IRGC-AF commander Hajizadeh alleges per her husband’s bodyguard that “while his [Hajjzadeh’s] head was split in two, he twice said Ya Ali.”
زن #امیرعلی_حاجیزاده، فرمانده سابق نیروی هوافضای سپاه، تعریف میکنه که محافظش گفته او موقع کشته شدن «در حالی که سرش شکافته شده بود، دو بار گفت یا علی». -ج ا تا به امروز تاریخ را به همین شکل با جعل و دروغ روایت کرده