S8 Ep669: 3. Iranian Regime Employs Human Shields and Nightly Terror Raids GUEST: Bill Roggio, Jonathan Sia SUMMARY: Jonathan Sia details the Iranian regime's use of schools and hospitals as human shields to deter strikes. Security forces conduct nightly terror rai

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3. Iranian Regime Employs Human Shields and Nightly Terror Raids GUEST: Bill Roggio, Jonathan Sia SUMMARY: Jonathan Sia details the Iranian regime's use of schools and hospitals as human shields to deter strikes. Security forces conduct nightly terror raids to prevent domestic uprisings while the Supreme Leader’s status remains uncertain.,,, As war fatigue sets in, the Iranian regime is embedding personnel in sports stadiums, hospitals, and residential areas to create a "rally around the flag" effect. Jonathan Sia describes "nightly terror raids" where forces fire on buildings to suppress potential rebellion, noting that officials fear internal uprisings more than foreign bombardment,. Furthermore, the whereabouts of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei are unknown, allowing the IRGC to operate with less oversight while "pragmatist" officials maintain the same hardline policies as their predecessors,. (3)

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0:00.0	I'm John Batchelor. I welcome Bill Rajo, senior fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
0:22.0	He keeps the Long War Journal. He's my colleague and co-host, and we're very pleased to be
0:26.7	joined by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Jonathan Saya, writing most recently
0:32.8	about the people inside Iran who are subject to the horror and the terror and the sounds and the threat
0:42.5	of the American attack, the president in these last days has mentioned the number 13,000
0:49.5	targets have been hit since this, the 31st day of the war war and the president then added 3,000 left let us
0:56.8	assume that that is a gross number but it doesn't matter those attacks are the very targeted
1:03.1	strikes by the u.s and Israel except i read a headline in the new york times that would
1:09.4	scare any mom hiding under a table because the bombs are coming again.
1:14.6	New U.S. missile hit Iranian sports hall and school analysis shows.
1:19.9	Subhead, the Pentagon used missiles untested in combat in an attack that struck civilian sites near a military compound on February 28th, the first day of the war,
1:30.2	according to a video examined by the Times and weapons experts. I mentioned there was a school
1:36.2	struck on the first attacks of the February 28th that might be this very school they're talking
1:43.2	about, hit by Tomahawk missiles. That happened on
1:46.7	the 28th. That's the first day of the war. We don't know what else has happened since then. You can't
1:51.5	be certain. There's nobody on the ground in there that can be relied upon. And also, they're
1:56.7	fighting a war. They don't spend time taking notes on an American or Israeli air.
2:02.8	So, Jonathan, a very good day to you. What can you tell us about the people in Tehran under
2:07.7	31 days of attack with many to go? Good day to you, Jonathan. Good day to you. It's a great
2:13.9	to be on. So, of course, war fatigue gradually starts to kick in after a month.
2:19.7	And we have to remember even before this conflict, Iranians were still struggling with economic issues,
2:27.7	in addition to, of course, political and human rights. So war, of course, is just simply going to
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