In early February, Iranian state media aired a video about an underground Air Force base. Details in the footage and satellite images point toward the possible arrival of advanced Russian jets.
The uprising against the Islamist dictatorship in Iran is entering a new phase and the regime is doing all it can to survive. For how much longer can the mullahs cling to power?
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is 83 years old, ill and has no obvious successor. For those who crave change this could be the best opportunity in two generations.
Although the future of the Iranian regime will ultimately depend on how much courage, organization, and creativity those protesting can muster, the country itself has taken one step toward its own liberation.