Iran abandoned strategic patience for persistent counter-escalation,threatening regional costs and Hormuz leverage while debating its nuclear deterrence future.
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Iran abandoned strategic patience for persistent counter-escalation,threatening regional costs and Hormuz leverage while debating its nuclear deterrence future.
“Sistani has occupied a central place in Iraqi Shi‘a politics, revered by all parties as a higher moral guide… By more clearly siding with the protestors, Sistani made one of his boldest moves yet, the outcome of which may determine the balance of power.”