Why Iran’s regime fears peace more than war

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Why would Iran’s ruling establishment undermine a peace agreement offering enormous economic relief while the country faces military destruction and financial exhaustion?

The answer may be that peace, however beneficial to the Iranian people, threatens the political survival of institutions that have depended on confrontation and crisis for decades.

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