The Iranian regime used wartime conditions to tighten repression and suppress unrest, but the ceasefire has exposed widening factional divisions that reveal a deeper structural crisis. Since the outbreak of war on February 28, 2026, the Iranian regime has sought to transform an external military conflict into a mechanism for its own political survival. Rather than focusing solely on confronting foreign adversaries, the wartime atmosphere became …
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