Iran falls apart.
David Vance SubstackRead More
Just one week on since the beginning of the US-Israel Epic Fury operation, the Mullah regime is falling apart. It cannot last much longer and there was a great example of this yesterday. Iranian President Pezeshkian went on TV in a pre-recorded address and said: Look, we are stopping hitting our neighbours. No more missiles or drones at Gulf countries unless attacks start coming from their soil or airspace—meaning those U.S. bases hosted there. He even apologised personally to places like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and others for the recent strikes, blaming some of it on “miscommunication” or loose “fire at will” orders in the military. For him to be allowed to even say this the interim leadership council would have apparently signed off on this much more conciliatory tone. It didn’t last long.
But barely five hours later, reality hit. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—Iran’s real power player—pushed back publicly. Hardline voices called his statement a mistake, and reports suggest the IRGC essentially told everyone to ignore it during wartime.
Worse, the attacks didn’t stop. While Pezeshkian’s words were still echoing, missiles and drones were slamming into areas around Dubai and Abu Dhabi. UAE defenses knocked most out, but debris caused damage, injuries, and at least one death in Dubai. Similar chaos hit Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi spots—air raid sirens, interceptions, the works.
This isn’t just mixed messages; it’s total disarray at the top. Ever since Khamenei was killed on day one, there’s been this dodgy interim council trying to run things. Pezeshkian is part of it, but the IRGC has always operated like its own kingdom, loyal to the revolutionary cause over any president.
With all the key Regime figures dead and command chains broken, it looks like rogue units are launching on their own timetable and with no real central control. Now that might seem a bit scary but at the same time, their options are vanishing. The Iranian Navy is sunk, the US and Israel has full control of the Airspace and it is suggested there are only 120 Missile launchers left in the country.
Remember in the space of a week, the Regime has all been but defanged. The next week should see it buried and THAT is when Iranians will rise up by the million.
