But here's the reality. Yes, this war has taken out the previous leadership. But what has happened is that The old regime has simply been swapped for a new generation of revolution era ideologues that are younger, that are more emboldened, and that are less compromising. The new Ayatollah is well known to be a prominent hardliner. He has surrounded himself with other hardliners, leaders of the Quds Force, those with a history of brutal repression of dissidents inside Iran. (06:37–06:53)
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Asserts that the old Iranian regime has been replaced by younger, more hardline ideologues.
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