In my view, there is likely a well thought out campaign plan for regime change in Iran, including (at least) the Gulf Arab States and Israel. Since the Iran nuke deal (JCPOA) precluded attack or subversion against Iran, pulling out of that deal was likely D-Day for the plan.
On D+1, within hours, Israel launched their biggest air offensive since the Yom Kippur War, against Iran and its surrogates in Syria. That took a bit of planning and prep time.
Also on D+1, the US Treasury Department, in partnership with Gulf Arab allies (I have seen stories so far from the UAE and Bahrain) to shut down financial accounts used by Iran and the Revolutionary Guards to launder money and evade sanctions. That was clearly the result of long investigation, and coordination.
Also on D+1, the Iranian currency (rial) took a nose dive.
As this article indicates, the Iranian banking system is a fragile house of cards, long since plundered of its capital by regime cronies, mullahs and Revolutionary Guards. When they close their doors, the population is likely to freak out. A few hundred thousand have been oppressing eighty million - if that eighty million insists, that will change.
I anticipate that many other actions have launched (economic, diplomatic, military and intelligence) that have not yet made the news. I also anticipate that this has been thought through significant phases and contingencies, including reconstruction and stabilization afterwards.
Free Iran!
I’m totally in.
I started using Twitter chasing news during the #IranElection (2009) phase. The public revolted against the stolen election and it almost worked.
The only news coming out then was via smart phones and the web.
Finally the Mullahs hired foreign techs and defeated “haystack” and caught/jailed thousands of young people. 1/2 were never heard from again.
The madness continues there. Friend of mine said 10,000 hanged in Iran.
This is a great evil that deserves extinction.