The failure of Iran’s ‘forward defense’ strategy

Iran’s famed “forward defense” strategy appears to be backfiring. That strategy was meant to shield its territory from attack by moving the potential battlefields away from its borders. However, some of Tehran’s so-called forward allies are today either gone or seriously weakened, while its home front is burning and the economy is in shambles. Protests are now sweeping the country, more widespread and violent than other waves seen since 1979.

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