Thousands of fighters linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps paraded with heavy weapons and vehicles through the streets of Tehran on Friday, showing their readiness to face "threats".
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday welcomed the election of his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun after the country...Israel
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The new president, Joseph Aoun, is a favorite of America, France, and Saudi Arabia. He even gets a cautious endorsement from Israel amid skepticism
Iran's military power and influence has been badly weakened and clashes with Israel and the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria have left it reeling.
The Syrian shrine of Sayedah Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, raising questions about the future of the area — and of the axis.
With regime change in Syria and Hezbollah weakened, Iran's alliance system has nearly collapsed. That doesn't mean a peaceful Middle East is emerging. The post A Weakened Iran Doesn't Mean a More Peaceful Middle East appeared first on World Politics Review.
Once a heavy hitter in the Middle East, Iran has been weakened by the decimation of its proxies Hezbollah and Hamas, along with US sanctions and the fall of Assad in Syria.
Lebanon elected army commander Joseph Aoun as the country’s first president in more than two years, picking a US-backed candidate in a sign of Iran’s waning influence in the region.
Israel blew up an Iran sponsored Syrian missile factory after its elite commandos raided it last September. The missiles posed an existential threat to Israel amid its war against Tehran's proxies.
Iran and its proxies and allies — from Syria to Lebanon to Gaza — have taken a beating in military engagements this year.