Iran Leaders Confident After War, Hold New Cards
Get the Geopolitics newsletter
Daily geopolitics — wars, elections, sanctions, the diplomatic moves that move markets. Free.
- Iran's theocratic rulers consider their mere survival of the U.S.-Israeli onslaught a victory.
- Iran's leaders are emerging from the conflict with increased confidence and new strategic cards.
- The current situation for Iran's leadership may already contain the origins of their subsequent crisis.
Why it matters: Iran's leaders, emboldened by surviving the U.S.-Israeli offensive, now possess new strategic cards.
