Iran defeat immediately possible
A rapid, decisive “defeat” of Iran—meaning the immediate toppling of the Islamic Republic or its complete military incapacitation—is not realistically attainable in the near term given the regime’s re...
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Iran's influence on the conflict, with its allied proxies and potential impact on the success of any arrangements.
A rapid, decisive “defeat” of Iran—meaning the immediate toppling of the Islamic Republic or its complete military incapacitation—is not realistically attainable in the near term given the regime’s re...
Iran’s regional proxies offer complementary, asymmetric capabilities that can prolong and complicate a conflict with Israel: Hezbollah brings the most sophisticated missile and ground-force threat fro...
A conventional, decisive Iranian military victory over Israel is highly unlikely given Israel’s technological air and missile-defense edge, U.S. backing and concentrated, integrated forces, yet Iran c...
Israel’s recent military campaigns and pre-emptive strikes have reverberated beyond its borders, contributing to a cascade of regional clashes, maritime attacks, and global diplomatic strain as neighb...
The phrase “Red‑Green alliance” describes a recurring pattern—tactical cooperation between leftist (red) and Islamist (green) forces—most famously during Iran’s 1978–79 revolution, but it is not the n...
The label “Red–Green” has been used by scholars and commentators to describe tactical alliances between secular leftists (“Reds”) and Islamist forces (“Greens”), and Iran’s 1979 revolution is commonly...