Persian Gulf
INT'L MOD
From the outset, the strategy was clearly built around triggering unrest inside Iran. It wasn’t subtle. Trump and Netanyahu said it openly, repeatedly addressing Iranians and urging them to rise up.
The operational side reflected the same logic. The targeting wasn’t random. Strikes on police stations and checkpoints, the assassinations of figures like Larijani and the Basij commander on Chaharshanbeh Souri, and coordinated messaging with Reza Pahlavi all pointed to a single objective: spark internal upheaval.
When that didn’t materialize, the line shifted to “it will come after the war.” Now it’s being reframed as Trump opposing it altogether.
A core assumption failed, and it’s now being rewritten in real time to cover for it.
The operational side reflected the same logic. The targeting wasn’t random. Strikes on police stations and checkpoints, the assassinations of figures like Larijani and the Basij commander on Chaharshanbeh Souri, and coordinated messaging with Reza Pahlavi all pointed to a single objective: spark internal upheaval.
When that didn’t materialize, the line shifted to “it will come after the war.” Now it’s being reframed as Trump opposing it altogether.
A core assumption failed, and it’s now being rewritten in real time to cover for it.





