Year: 2026

Iran and the Middle East in a War Crisis with an Uncertain Future

TEHERAN – In the first three days of the recent military crisis between the United States, Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, from February 28 to March 2, 2026, the Middle East has entered an unprecedented phase of tension. A phase that, with the killing of Ali Khamenei, the 86-year-old leader of the Islamic Republic, and the expansion of the war to the southern Persian Gulf countries, has taken on dimensions far beyond a limited confrontation.