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WorldAnalysis: Iran believes it has the upper hand in war with the US

Stephen Zunes, founding chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, says Iran’s conditions for ending its war with the US have barely changed because Tehran believes it holds the upper hand. Iran has shown it can widen the conflict, disrupt the global economy and strike American bases while depleting US missile stocks. A modest softening is that security official Mohsen Rezaee no longer demands compensation for war damages.

AAl Jazeera English 2026-09-20 00:00