For more than forty years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has pursued a singular, calculated ambition: The transformation of Lebanon into a total satellite state through its primary proxy, Hezbollah. This was never a journey toward partnership, but a systematic campaign to hollow out the Lebanese Republic, piece by piece. By infiltrating the military, social, financial, and judicial nervous systems of the country, Tehran sought … Continue reading Captured but Not Conquered: The Forty-Year Iranian Plan for Lebanon (1983-2026?)