Iran was supposed to collapse. Instead, the war may have made it stronger.
In this geopolitical deep dive, we examine how Iran survived a major U.S.-Israeli military campaign, turned the Strait of Hormuz into a global pressure point, and forced the world to confront a hard reality: Iran’s power does not come from matching America plane-for-plane or ship-for-ship. It comes from geography, energy, leverage, and the ability to disrupt the global economy.