Mostafa Salem
Iranians attend a joint funeral held for security chief Ali Larijani, paramilitary commander Gholam Soleimani and 84 sailors from the Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena on Wednesday in Tehran. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
Even as Iran confronts the gravest threat to its regime yet, it is signaling a willingness to prolong its conflict with the United States and Israel in a bid to finally reshape the region in its favor.
Iran’s regime has endured devastating losses over the past few weeks, with near daily US-Israeli strikes eliminating entire tiers of its leadership and military command structure. The Iranian population, already worn down by years of economic hardship, sanctions and mismanagement, now faces the added burdens of wartime shortages, infrastructure damage and an increasingly militarized domestic environment.
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