‌🖊Saeed Jafari, journalist

Several months after the start of the war, Iran has lost part of its military capacity and infrastructure, and at the same time has faced even greater economic pressure. However, decision-makers in the Islamic Republic still behave as if they do not have any urgency to end the war.

Iran continues to launch missiles and drones, has turned the Strait of Hormuz into one of its most important levers of pressure, and even in periods when the intensity of U.S. attacks has eased, has not been willing to accept a halt to hostilities in the same way. The attack on a U.S. base in Jordan after a few days of a pause in attacks by both sides was one of the recent examples.

This behavior could have different reasons. Tehran may want to show that the United States alone cannot determine the time and tempo of the war. At the same time, it may still be hoping that prolonging the conflict will raise the military, economic, and political costs of the war for the U.S. and, in the end, bring Washington closer to accepting some of Iran’s demands; but for how long can Iran keep fighting this war?

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