Was Iran's Ali Larijani a reasonable guy who just wanted to get along with the United States and Israel?

Well, let's check. He used to run the IRGC, and until Israel and the United States took him out today, he was the top security official in Iran, a member of the Supreme Council, and the architect of the strategy that led to Iran striking out at its Gulf neighbors. 

So, no. Larijani was not a reasonable man. He was a murderous bastard who ordered the deaths of tens of thousands of Iranians and who vowed revenge on America. 

— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) March 1, 2026

But you would never know it if you read The New York Times, watched Sky News, or listened to security studies professors, who all vouched for his reasonableness. 

I fear @vali_nasr is right. When I met Ali Larijani I found him an absolute insider kingpin of the Iranian regime -- but also the kind of strong and pragmatic leader who just might be able to hammer out a peace deal. Not sure, but I wonder if the war will now be harder to end. https://t.co/qSC2QSqoBy

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) March 17, 2026

It's bizarre, but the BBC, New York Times, and Sky News are now all claiming that this evil man was a moderate pragmatist with whom we could do business. 

“...it’s just a shame the world couldn’t know Larijani as I knew him... Larry—as his friends called him—once he’d wiped the blood of tens of thousands of protesters off his jackboots and ended a long day of signing execution orders for suspected homosexuals, was the kind of chap… https://t.co/8qIfDAcDrL

— Saul Sadka (@Saul_Sadka) March 17, 2026

There really is no depth to which Pravda and the left will not plumb in order to trash Israel and the United States, at least under Donald Trump. 

None. Soon enough, these ghouls will be praising Iran's human rights, as some already are. Remember, Iran sat on the UN Human Rights Council. 

— Kosher (@koshercockney) March 17, 2026

It was just a few hours ago that Larijani was blustering about how he would lead Iran into taking revenge on everybody, and he has consistently asserted that there would be no negotiations to end the war. 

— dan linnaeus (@DanLinnaeus) March 17, 2026

This is the "pragmatist" we should be mourning. 

If you want to understand how we have reached a point where leftists are embracing the Iranian regime and committing civilizational suicide, look no further than our cultural and political elite. 

I keep telling you they’re gonna strap on suicide vests soon enough… https://t.co/UDftMB0tCt

— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) March 17, 2026

Pravda is basically an information op, with the sole purpose of undermining the war effort. Trump is upending the previous world order and pushing aside the transnationalists, who have been very satisfied with how they were placed until now. 

Arresting Maduro was somehow a violation of international law. Squeezing the Cuban communists is driving them insanely angry, and if Trump and Netanyahu succeed in getting rid of Iran's odious regime, which the internationalists have been propping up since Obama entered office, it will be a decisive blow to their prestige, and perhaps their power. 

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 17, 2026

That's how we get prominent politicians, media figures, and academics mourning the loss of a mass murderer. Weeks ago Larijani was ordering the massacre of his own citizens, endorsing the rape of nurses who tried to treat them, and he has been hurling missiles at his neighbors. 

This is the hard truth Nick: Ali Larijani cultivated meetings with people like you to engage in an influence operation to buy time for the regime in #Iran to survive. There is no "peace deal" possible as long as the Islamic Republic is in existence. https://t.co/DagGAgPxQD

— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) March 17, 2026

As the Basij crumbles, the transnationalists are in a panic. Even I am surprised at how unhappy they are about the imminent demise of the Iranian regime. 

One last thing: the one true thing we learned from these absurd statements is that our media class has been palling around with Iranian thugs. 

— Matt Tardio (@angertab) March 13, 2026

Day 2 of reminding the world of what appears to be TWO SENIOR CNN OFFICIALS chumming it up with ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN OFFICIALS at the Iranian Embassy in London on 02/12/2026. 

The two senior CNN officials appear to be Matthew Chance (Chief Global Affairs Correspondent), and Andrew Roy (London Bureau Chief).

Source photo:

Telegraph - Link in first comments

CNN. Sky News. New York Times. All palling around with "reasonable" Iranian killers. 

So on-brand. 

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