{"id":160938,"date":"2025-10-16T10:10:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchman.news\/?p=160938"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:10:45","slug":"the-autumn-of-the-ayatollahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchman.news\/de\/2025\/10\/the-autumn-of-the-ayatollahs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Autumn of the Ayatollahs"},"content":{"rendered":"Daily News from Edmund Burke Foundation(NL)\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/NationalConservatism.org\">NationalConservatism.org<\/a>\u201d\r\n\r\nThe National Conservatism Conferences and study group represents a rich source of intellectual capacity for advancing good in the earth. Numerous conferences, essays and reports are uploaded regularly to the site.\r\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watchman.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_Iran_crop.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" \/><\/p>\n<div>For the first time in nearly four decades, Iran is on the cusp of a change of leadership\u2014and maybe even of regime. As Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei\u2019s reign nears its end, a 12-day war in June laid bare the fragility of the system he built. Israel battered Iranian cities and military installations, paving the way for the United States to drop 14 bunker-busting bombs on Iranian nuclear sites.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCome back to <a href=\"https:\/\/Watchman.News\">https:\/\/Watchman.News<\/a> for news updates every hour. 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