Tehran hoped the conflict would freeze regional integration and restore fear as the organizing principle of Middle Eastern politics. Instead, the war exposed the fragility of Iran's system.

From deterrence to diplomacy, the Iran war upended long-held beliefs about security in the Middle East.

The Iran war, which began in February with a joint Israeli-US attack, has seen Tehran combine its trans-regional deterrence strategy with its domestic defence doctrine.

Tehran hoped the conflict would freeze regional integration and restore fear as the organizing principle of Middle Eastern politics. Instead, the war exposed the fragility of…

After 46 years of lies, fanaticism, and fear, Iran faces economic collapse, weakened proxies, and growing internal instability.

100 days into the Iran war, stability endures, but economic woes, social unrest and rising repression expose deeper cracks.