This expert policy brief details how Tehran’s elite asymmetric doctrine outlasted Washington’s direct military pressure to secure regional survival.
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“Tehran cannot defend its leaders, but it can impose unbearable costs on the global economy.”
Obama’s Iran nuclear deal worked; Trump tore it up. Now war’s $16.5B cost, Hormuz closed.
Iran faces a historic leadership transition as Khamenei ages. Three scenarios loom—clerical continuity, military rule, or collapse—none promising democracy.