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It seems you are all skipping over a significant detail about the man…

It seems you are all skipping over a significant detail about the man…

As the Iranian authorities continue to be decimated to the point that now hundreds of leaders need to bear the “former” tag, the country is reduced to plucking potential candidates from their Single-A farm clubs. One of the regarded leaders until recently had been Ali Larijani. It was just last week when some excitable members of the media were showing how he was brave - and by extension, the U.S. was weak - when he was shown walking around the streets of Tehran.

Ali Larijani, Iran’s top national security official who is running the country, outside on a pro-government demo, despite drones and assassinations from the sky, saying Trump has underestimated the Iranian people. https://t.co/wUFzcZjCO1— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) March 13, 2026

Ali Larijani, Iran’s top national security official who is running the country, outside on a pro-government demo, despite drones and assassinations from the sky, saying Trump has underestimated the Iranian people. https://t.co/wUFzcZjCO1

What was ignored by these wise pundits is the term “human shield”, because that was Larijani, knowing the U.S. and Israel are loath to hit civilian targets. This was shown when it was announced that with the help of an Israeli airstrike, Larijani had broken his oxygen addiction.

What is rather remarkable is how many in the press are angered by this. 

NEW YORK TIMES – “The kind of strong and pragmatic leader who just might be able to hammer out a peace deal. Not sure, but I wonder if the war will now be harder to end.”

CNN – “Larijani was the kind of........

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