Opinion: Above are intelligence, satellites, data processing and at times remote strike systems; below is a human being with a helmet, a weapon and anxiety building with every step through the mud

Analysis: The move to track service-age citizens leaving the country is part of a broader effort to strengthen state control over manpower in emergencies, despite its bureaucratic framing

Analysis: IRGC is consolidating control as war accelerates a shift toward more hardline leadership, tightening its grip on political, military and economic power while sidelining more moderate voices in Tehran

Analysis: residual Iranian capabilities still allow strikes on Israel and energy routes, while cautious US-Israel targeting gives Tehran time, forcing leaders to reconsider strategy amid failed diplomacy and a growing risk of a prolonged war