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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Trump said briefed that hold of Iran regime at its weakest point since 1979
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US President Donald Trump has received multiple US intelligence briefings that signal that the hold of the regime in the Islamic Republic is weakening, the New York Times reports, citing several people familiar with the information.
The report says that the intelligence indicates that “the Iranian government’s hold on power is at its weakest point since the shah was overthrown in the 1979 revolution.”
The report comes as Trump mulls using force against Iran after the regime brutally suppressed protests, killing thousands.
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and accompanying warships are moving toward the region alongside additional forces the US has sent.
While it is not clear what Trump will decide to do, hawkish advisors have been pushing for him to act.
“The goal is to end the regime,” Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Trump, tell the Times. “They may stop killing them today, but if they’re in charge next month, they’ll kill them then.”
In a separate post on X, Graham says that: “History tells us the right decision is to stand by those who stand with America and sacrifice for our common cause. History also tells us that evil cannot be accommodated — it has to be defeated.”
I pray for President Trump and his team to make the right decisions to keep America safe at this dangerous time.
History tells us the right decision is to stand by those who stand with America and sacrifice for our common cause. History also tells us that evil cannot be…
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 26, 2026
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