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Iranian Regime Craves Revenge for Soleimani, But Faces Challenges to Its Rule

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Iranian Regime Craves Revenge for Soleimani, But Faces Challenges to Its Rule
A man holds a picture of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Iranian Revolutionary Guards Major General Qassem Soleimani (L) during a demonstration in Tehran on Jan. 3, 2020. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
Michael Ledeen
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Qassem Soleimani was removed from the battlefield by U.S. drones, and the Iranian regime ordered the entire country to mourn him.

Michael Ledeen
Michael Ledeen
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Michael Ledeen is freedom scholar at Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He has served as a consultant to the National Security Council and the departments of State and Defense, and as a special adviser to the Secretary of State. He is the author of 35 books, most recently “Field of Fight: How to Win the War Against Radical Islam and its Allies,” co-authored with retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn.
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