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What the West Gets Wrong About Iran

An analysis of a theology-driven state, the martyrdom doctrine that shapes its war-making, and what to expect now that the bombs have started falling.
Michael Peabody March 14, 2026 1 min read
What the West Gets Wrong About Iran

The full piece covers the theological architecture behind Iran’s strategic behavior, what the Iran-Iraq War reveals about how the regime processes defeat, and three assessments of what comes next: how Iran will fight, what a successor regime actually looks like, and why degrading the proxy network is not the same thing as degrading the doctrine that builds it.

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Michael Peabody