Christopher de Bellaigue
@bellaiguec.bsky.social
Author of the Golden Throne and the Lion House, award-winning journalist and founder of the Lake District Book Festival
The Islamic Republic of Iran was not doomed from birth. It destroyed itself by crushing reform – and survives now only through violence against its own people.
My latest about the missed chances that destroyed the Islamic Republic — and what may come next if it falls.
tinyurl.com/7dhwphpt
My latest about the missed chances that destroyed the Islamic Republic — and what may come next if it falls.
tinyurl.com/7dhwphpt
How Iran’s Islamic revolution devoured itself
Iranians have not become monarchists — they are seeking anyone who can replace a despotic regime at war with its own people
tinyurl.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM
The Islamic Republic of Iran was not doomed from birth. It destroyed itself by crushing reform – and survives now only through violence against its own people.
My latest about the missed chances that destroyed the Islamic Republic — and what may come next if it falls.
tinyurl.com/7dhwphpt
My latest about the missed chances that destroyed the Islamic Republic — and what may come next if it falls.
tinyurl.com/7dhwphpt
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei has survived every crisis by doubling down. This time, that instinct may doom the system he’s spent a lifetime defending. My latest piece for @unherd: unherd.com/2026/01/the-...
The Ayatollah will fight to the death
unherd.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei has survived every crisis by doubling down. This time, that instinct may doom the system he’s spent a lifetime defending. My latest piece for @unherd: unherd.com/2026/01/the-...