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<title><![CDATA[Afshon Ostovar - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/37967.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Afshon Ostovar]]></description><category domain="37967">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Real War for Iran's Future]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Afshon Ostovar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who will determine the fate of the Islamic Republic?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Iranian Regime Breaks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/how-iranian-regime-breaks</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Afshon Ostovar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elite fracture will come gradually and then suddenly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tehran's Hard-Liners Overplayed Their Hand]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/how-iran-lost</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Afshon Ostovar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tehran's hard-liners squandered decades of strategic capital and undermined deterrence.]]></description>
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