After Ayatollah…
Khamenei dead, Iran’s ruling establishment has entered what can only be described as survival mode. Faced with a threat it views not merely as strategic but existential, Tehran is responding with instincts of a system under siege. That’s why Gulf states, too, have found themselves in the crosshairs. Objective is regime preservation – and willingness to raise costs across the region reflects precisely that.
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