larry johnson has some ideas why the empire didn't attack iran already; 

 

Despite enormous political pressure in the US, coupled with Donald Trump’s own bombastic rhetoric, the anticipated Wednesday attack on Iran was called off at the last minute. According to media reports, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey refused to give the US clearance to use their air space to launch the attack on Iran. There also are reports that Russia played a behind the scenes role in securing guarantees that Israel and Iran would not attack each other.

But I think there is another reason… The joint-CIA/Mossad operation to destabilize the Iranian government and military, which was launched on December 28, had failed. If the attempted color revolution had succeeded in weakening government control I believe that Trump and Netanyahu had calculated that the planned attack on Wednesday would have been sufficient to force the Ayatollah to flee to Moscow. In fact, the scenario of the Ayatollah giving up was widely touted in the Western press.

Here is what I believe happened… This attempt at regime change started with an economic attack. Iran’s currency, the rial, experienced a dramatic plunge on December 28, 2025, hitting a record low of approximately 1.42–1.45 million rials per US dollar on the open (parallel) market in Tehran. This sharp depreciation — part of a broader collapse that saw the rial lose nearly half its value over 2025 — triggered immediate economic chaos, shop closures, and the outbreak of nationwide protests that quickly escalated into anti-government demonstrations.............more..........