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
Said it once and will say it again: Unless the West moves towards a more wholistic policy to support the Iranian people, Iran post 12-Day War will become like Iraq post First Persian Gulf War in the 90s when it comes to cracking down on (real or perceived) dissent. Terrifying.
The next Iranian massacre is unfolding in plain sight, Stephen J. Rapp writes. wapo.st/4kX7TTw
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.
🚨‼️Well. That's big news. France will recognize Palestine at #UNGA next September. But along what borders?
Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.…
Disgusting‼️ To bolster the regime's effort to develop a rally around the flag effect post 12-Day War, this Iranian academic is trying to take advantage of the Iranian diaspora's nationalism by claiming they are not loyal citizens to places they emigrated to or swore oaths to
در برنامه خرمشهر از اهمیت ایرانیان خارج از کشور گفتم. از هزینهها و عدمالنفع حیاتی در این شرایط که برچسبهای جاهلانه «ایرانیان دوتابعیتی» (و آن قانون جاهلانه مربوطه مجلس) به کشور وارد میکند. خصوصا اینکه در جنگ دیدیم کانون «نفوذ» در خودیها است و نمیتواند به «دوتابعیتیها» بچسبد.
Great to join @natasharaquel_ on @i24NEWS and break down the latest US-Iran maritime tensions and more.
The casualness of IRGC BG Ahmad Vahidi, advisor to Iran's SL Khamenei, saying the 12-Day War could continue for 12 years is proof positive that this regime doesn't have a nationalist bone in its body. "برای ما مشکلی نبود این جنگ اخیر ۱۲ سال هم طول بکشد." fararu.com/fa/tiny/news-8…
Shifting supply chains by 🇷🇺 from one member of the Axis of Aggressors (🇮🇷) to another (🇨🇳)?
Exclusive: Chinese engines, shipped as 'cooling units', power Russian drones used in Ukraine reuters.com/business/aeros…
Honestly thought this was meme/joke at first… 👇

Told @WashTimes that the regime now faces a credibility crisis. If the blasts were accidents, they expose infrastructure decay and mismanagement. If they were Mossad sabotage operations, they expose security failure. Either outcome sharpens rivalries between the IRGC and MOI, two…
Mysterious blasts hit Iran one month after Israeli ceasefire trib.al/kOo5gkX
We have decided to bring our team home from Doha for consultations after the latest response from Hamas, which clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. While the mediators have made a great effort, Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good…
New post-12-Day War crackdown effort from Iran. A new bill aims to quash freedom of information and expression under the guise of combating fake news (as determined by IRI) w/ a 10-15 year prison sentence, which per analysis below is less than the sentence for armed robbery!
در تلاشی تازه برای ساکت کردن صداهای مستقل، بهویژه در شرایط بحرانی، دولت مسعود پزشکیان لایحهای برای مقابله با «اخبار غیرواقعی» ارائه کرده است که براساس آن، اگر فرد مشهوری مطلبی منتشر کند که از سوی نهادهای حکومتی «کذب» تشخیص داده شود، میتواند به ۱۰ تا ۱۵ سال حبس محکوم شود. این…
Perhaps slain IRGC-AF chief Hajizadeh knew something about the rank & file of the IRGC that we don’t. His alleged will contained a warning to the IRGC & Basij: “In this path, becoming normal, loosing your way, and falling into the habit of routinization are unforgivable sins.”
🌹 وصیتنامه شهید والامقام سردار امیرعلی حاجیزاده
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/…