erhaps the most important consequence of this leadership crisis is institutional. The IRGC helped shape Mojtaba Khamenei’s rise to power and remains the dominant force inside the regime.

Few American presidents thought about the Middle East as strategically as Richard Nixon. Long before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Nixon viewed Iran as the central geopolitical pivot of the Persian Gulf.

When consumers experience higher prices in everyday life, they are usually witnessing the combined effect of several forces.