{"id":31320,"date":"2026-04-04T04:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/04\/former-cia-operative-regime-change-in-iran-is-much-harder-than-the-us-thinks-financial-times\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:00:22","slug":"former-cia-operative-regime-change-in-iran-is-much-harder-than-the-us-thinks-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/04\/former-cia-operative-regime-change-in-iran-is-much-harder-than-the-us-thinks-financial-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Former CIA operative: regime change in Iran is much harder than the US thinks &#8211; Financial Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE5JTVNXb195MXktcWhlNDl3dnQ5WXV0SWFEbWlkMlNaUVlYX18tUzExUWFxTVItNnZrblJEdjFDT25xVk82X2RfV2FkMFhYNE1DU0NOd2V1SmZfcnBwRDQ0V3d2NlRPdzN1Q3RIcnVDVF8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former CIA operative: regime change in Iran is much harder than the US thinks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Financial Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPcW1EdDE5U1VMTndSODNpdVVtSEloYmdtSXNONk5ialU3UlJaM29VdzJ4cWJPcVRSTUdiSElZTzFiXzI3em1MR1pZNWR2WkZzRG43S0RuR1lDbFlYb1UzZVNwRWN6dWtNd0hiS3dNRjJ5am1NSUtuU3haRVE2c2ZFMk1DSUU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran\u2019s \u2018new\u2019 regime looks much the same, only harsher<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiaEFVX3lxTE5UeFktbHl6TmN4VUl2YnhDY1NaUjhKckloRUxxQldnbDlBMUxibEFmWHlNcUZMNGRZZWU2aUVXZXFLdm5tWGlvU1h6Wk03WGgwalhKZk1kMU9MeXYyckwwOVJXTEJqVm9l?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Real War for Iran\u2019s Future<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">foreignaffairs.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A more dangerous, repressive junta is arising out of Iran\u2019s ashes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1XVHJNT0ZUMnhkaVM3UUwxVG1JUTVDSDdVcjJkTkxlcnNSQjZpeTF5a1pEYnBySG1MUXY0WEpyX1BybGFITWdGSzR4cjhFVE04MzRiNDJ0cER1QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran&#8217;s focus on survival means same regime still firmly in place<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CIA operative: regime change in Iran is much harder than the US thinks&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times Iran\u2019s \u2018new\u2019 regime looks much the same, only harsher&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN The&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/04\/former-cia-operative-regime-change-in-iran-is-much-harder-than-the-us-thinks-financial-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}