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        Iran’s Foreign Minister Accused the United States of a Quest for Dominance, Even as Some Insiders in Tehran Have Urged Moderation
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Iran’s Leader Projects Confidence in Confronting the United States, Citing Anti-Trump Protests as Proof of U.S. Weakness
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Pakistani Leaders and Clerics Present the Country’s Nuclear Program as an Issue of National and Islamic Pride
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Khamenei’s Second Son Controls Access to His Father and Manages the Supreme Leader’s Multibillion-Dollar Business Empire
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Iran Has Ways to Retaliate If Sanctions Reimposed, but Must Contend with Possibility of Renewed Israeli Strikes
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Islamic Republic Is Muddling Through the Most Serious Crisis of Its Forty-Six-Year History, Weakened at Home and Regionally
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Iranian Rial Collapsed as the Process of Triggering the United Nations ‘Snapback’ Mechanism Began with the E3
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Regime Persists in Its Pronounced Nuclear Goal of Eradicating the Jewish State
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Even Tehran’s Media Now Ask About the Government’s Strategy and So Far, the Answer Is Unclear
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Rarely Does Anyone Mention Just How Crazy It Is That the Islamic Republic of Iran Exists Almost Exclusively to Destroy Israel and the U.S.
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Greatest Problem Right Now Is Not What Happened to the Facilities at Fordow but What Escaped Them
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Civil War Would Devastate Iran, but That Becomes a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy If the U.S. Doesn’t Push for Managed Transition
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Low-Confidence Report Leaked to Media Claims Minimal Damage
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Islamic Republic Has Gained Little from Decades of Investment in Its Nuclear Program, and Has Suffered from Crippling Sanctions
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        One Report Says Iran’s Procurement Activities in Germany for Missile Technology and Missile Programs Are on the Rise
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        When Khamenei—or His Successors—Do the Inevitable and Surrender Their Nuclear Program, Then It Will Need to Be Extricated from Iran
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The U.S. President and Israeli Prime Minister Proved That American Power, Properly Applied, Remains Decisive
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The United States Has the Assets to Defeat Iran Without Immunizing Pakistan for Its Actions
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The Middle East Currently Stands at a Crossroads
    
        
    
        
    
        
     
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
