Iran at War: Survival, Succession, and What Comes Next

About this episode

The episode discusses Iran's wartime resilience and the uncertainties surrounding its future leadership amid ongoing conflict.

Six days into the U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran, the strikes are producing battlefield results, but the strategy for what comes next remains undefined.. The Islamic Republic is battered, decapitated at the top, and under unprecedented pressure, but it is functioning, adapting, and drawing on a survival playbook decades in the making. On March 6, Wikistrat hosted Iran expert Dr. Sina Azodi for a webinar examining the regime’s wartime resilience, the looming question of leadership transition, and the strategic uncertainties surrounding Iran’s future

People in this episode

Host: Wikistrat

Guest: Dr. Sina Azodi

Topics covered

• Iran
• war
• leadership transition
• strategic uncertainties
• regime resilience

Keywords

• Iran
• war
• U.S.-Israeli air campaign
• leadership transition
• regime resilience

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, U.S., Israel

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