Admitted realities; US unable to shape Iran's future
Recent assessments indicate that many of the United States’ key assumptions about Iran have not only failed to emerge but have instead led to a strategic impasse. Policies predicated on maximum pressure, military threats, and reliance on internal unrest have not produced the intended outcomes. Notably, even security analysts close to U.S. and Israeli circles have begun to acknowledge realities that were previously absent from official calculations in Washington.