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Targeting the Pillars of State: United States-Israel’s Strikes on Iranian Police Stations, Border Guards, and the Tehran Bazaar

March 4, 2026

Roxana Niknami

EISMENA’s correspondent in Iran - The military operations conducted by Israel against Iran beginning on February 28, 2026 departed in significant ways from the targeting logic of previous strikes. Rather than confining itself to nuclear facilities and missile infrastructure, Israel systematically attacked the coercive apparatus of the Iranian state police stations, border guard posts, and the commercial heartland of the Tehran Bazaar.

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GenZ212, Nonmovements, and the Monarchy: The Future of Protest in Morocco

A paradox of evolution and revolution, the 2025 Moroccan Gen Z movement was, in many respects, the ideological heir to previous uprisings while simultaneously representing a conceptual evolution in the repertoires of popular dissent. The protests marked a nuanced shift towards decentralised, unconventional nonmovements, an iterative process whose immediate and enduring legacy has profound implications for the future of both protest and governance in modern Morocco.

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