Iran war leaves Islamic republic intact and opponents divided (opens in new tab)

US President Donald Trump said in launching the war with Israel on February 28 that it would pave the way for Iranians to rise up, having pledged support to anti-government protests that peaked in January and were the most serious challenge to the Islamic republic in years. The fractured opposition movements outside Iran clambered to position themselves as successors to the ruling system when the war began with the killing of the supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes. But the Islamic republic ...