The war between Iran and the United States did not produce the internal political collapse that many opposition voices predicted. Instead of turning the conflict into an opportunity for a nationwide uprising, the war revealed deep asymmetries across Iran’s internal landscape, and allowed the state to reassert control through a combination of coercion, narrative management, and wartime mobilization.
How Predictions of Mid-war Unrest and…
The war between Iran and the United States did not produce the internal political collapse that many opposition voices predicted. Instead of turning the conflict into an opportunity for a nationwide uprising, the war revealed deep asymmetries across Iran’s internal landscape, and allowed the state to reassert control through a combination of coercion, narrative management, and wartime mobilization.