What began as a year of resilience for Iran ended with the tide unmistakably turned against the Islamic Republic. Its Axis of Resistance is shattered, its currency is in freefall, its major cities face crippling power outages and natural gas shortages, and the shadow of maximum pressure looms large over the regime.
For the Trump administration, this moment presents an unprecedented opportunity to nudge a regime that has long obstructed Washington‘s plans in West Asia closer to the brink of collapse.
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