Years of preparation and reams of information have made it possible to conduct successful ‘targeted killings’ such as those that took out the supreme leader Ali Khamenei and the heads of Hezbollah and Hamas
Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz, vulnerable to potential drone or speedboat attacks, and the risk of underwater mines makes it difficult for US frigates to take action to protect cargo ships
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz impacts the global economy while Israel and the US have yet to achieve any strategic goal
The US president initially spoke of seeking regime change, then of preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. He has repeatedly changed the timeline for the offensive, and said ‘the big wave’ of attacks is coming soon
More than 400,000 people of Iranian descent live in the country. Some celebrate Washington’s attacks, while others warn that regime change will be very difficult
Tehran claims its targets are US military interests, but countries in the region reject its justification and fear being drawn into a conflict they have tried to avoid
Tehran possesses a significant arsenal of these weapons, whose launch sites Israel and the United States want to disable
The Lebanese militia fired its first rockets since 2024 at the neighboring country, in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader
A segment of the president’s most loyal supporters lashes out against his broken promises to not get the United States involved in new foreign wars
The country’s highest authority was considered by a large part of the population to be a dictator who never doubted in giving the order to shoot whenever they took to the streets demanding greater freedoms
