While threatening a severe retaliatory blow to the Jewish state, Tehran appears to be pausing for the result of the U.S. election—and praying for Harris to win.
Ironically, then, national anxiety surrounding America is higher at the moment than that related to the ayatollahs—though the two issues are indelibly interconnected.
1979 Islamic revolution: In 1979, west-backed Shah’s monarchy was toppled in a bloody revolution and the Ayatollahs took over. The legitimacy of the new theocratic regime was based on its commitment ...