September 3, 2026: The conflict between Iran and America, which began about four months ago, recently ended. The peace agreement was seen as a victory for Iran. What was left out was that both sides understand this is an intermission, and both are preparing to resume hostilities in the near future. The world cannot afford to let Iran, led by a fanatical religious dictatorship, continue its regional Islamic terrorist campaign using groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis in Yemen, and several smaller groups or special operations carried out by the Quds Force.

The war, and the Iranian threat, will only end with an Iranian unconditional surrender. That will mean the end of the religious dictatorship and the IRGC and Basij terrorizing Iranians who refused to act or do what the government demanded of them. How that happens follows the ancient timeline of insufferable tyrants eventually collapsing under the weight of internal quarrels and external retaliation, plus lynching by an aggrieved population.

Earlier, the government sought to increase its Basij militia of Islamic conservative gunmen to over a million men, with the formation of 2,000 battalions. They did not get that many volunteers, but it certainly showed the government was willing to fight to maintain power. The Islamic conservatives believe they have the moderates and reformers, who comprise, according to opinion and election polls, some 80 percent of the population, on the run. The Islamic conservatives are willing to fight to maintain control of the government, and their opponents, at least so far, can’t. A brief January 2026 uprising was bloodily suppressed, with at least 30,000 dead.

Several Islamic radical factions can operate freely with the government's support. Some of these groups encourage, fund, and arm Islamic conservative Shia Arab groups in southern Iraq. Others provide shelter for al Qaeda leaders looking for a place to hide. Still others support Islamic terror groups operating in and around Israel.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Muslims everywhere to work towards the destruction of Israel. Usually, senior officials do not utter such sentiments publicly, leaving them to local journalists and junior officials. This statement caused an international uproar that soon faded.

The government is also cracking down on bloggers, arresting and convicting them of lifestyle crimes and slandering the government. As a result, few Iranians on the Internet will reveal their true identity, and all fear that the government will install better filtering and monitoring equipment on Iran's Internet. The government has banned the importation or viewing of most Western films; only those showing approved religious content are allowed. The Islamic conservatives believe most Western films brainwash young people with un-Islamic ideas. Once more, the government resumed pretending to cooperate with UN nuclear weapons investigators, thus averting UN moves to impose sanctions.