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Fletcher’s Donald Heflin discusses the possibility of regime change in Iran, noting that United States military actions in the country “may bear fruit in the future.”

Fletcher’s Chris Miller is quoted about how the U.S.-Israel war with Iran is impacting AI development in the Middle East region.

Rockford Weitz in Al Jazeera Inside Story episode on possibility of the Houthis joining the war against Israel and the U.S.

Fletcher’s Monica Duffy Toft examines the factors behind the Trump administration’s miscalculation of Iran, noting that the deeper problem with the U.S. war in Iran “was overconfidence bred by recent success.”

Engineering’s Shafiqul Islam and Fletcher Affiliate Amy Jaffe join this episode of The Excerpt podcast to discuss how Americans may be impacted by disruptions to oil and water in the war with Iran.

Fletcher’s Donald Heflin is quoted at length about future Iranian leadership noting, “This is not going to be something where people-power in the streets can bring a government down. It would take foreign boots on the ground.”

Fletcher’s Donald Heflin discusses the U.S. military assault on Iran and death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Fletcher Visitor Professor Arash Reisinezhad is quoted a length about the United States’ likely strategy on Iran and the associated risks.

Fletcher Visitor Professor Arash Reisinezhad examines why U.S. pressure on Iran is unlikely to yield concessions from Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as in Khamenei’s view, “surrender is not a policy outcome.”