“Israel’s” recent aggression against Iran has sent shockwaves through the country’s top security institutions, exposing vulnerabilities in a leadership whose cohesion has been steadily eroding.

Iran’s decision to target the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, rather than any other country in the region, came as a major surprise—especially given the strong ties between Tehran and Doha.

Iran's parliament has recently witnessed tension and intense debate over legislative priorities and the limits of the powers of the state's highest bodies.

While Iran warned several regional countries that any support for a potential U.S. strike would be seen as a “hostile act” with “serious consequences,” one country was notably absent from the list: Saudi Arabia.

Just six months after reformist politician Masoud Pezeshkian’s government took office in Iran, resignations and dismissals have begun to mount amid economic crises driven by U.S. sanctions.