Through revolution and upheaval, the program has become intertwined with the country’s security and national identity.

President Trump is betting the United States can repel whatever retaliation Iran orders, and that it has destroyed the regime’s chances of reconstituting its nuclear program.

Assessing the wreckage of the regime’s nuclear dream

Through revolution and upheaval, the program has become intertwined with the country’s security and national identity.

While foreign wars may expose autocratic fragility, they rarely create the conditions necessary for democratic change.

Plus: a blow-by-blow account of how the US’s bunker-buster attack on Iranian nuclear sites unfolded