Nicolas Maduro

A Venezuela-style regime change in Iran misreads its power structure and risks sparking a prolonged, destabilising regional war, argues Kayhan Valadbaygi.

Kayhan Valadbaygi
03 March, 2026
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Maduro is allegedly being held at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn
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Trump's actions in Venezuela have postponed the formation of the so-called Gaza Peace Council
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This combination of pictures created on December 21, 2025, shows US President Donald Trump and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.
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A man walks past a poster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and an anti-tank barricade in Caracas, on October 28, 2025.
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