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155 shell bodies sit on a pallet at General Dynamics ready to be shipped on August 20, 2025, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump sits at a table monitoring military operations during Operation Epic Fury against Iran on March 2, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
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Caption Maria Corina Machado speaks to reporters at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran on March 3, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Smoke rises after Iran launched a missile attack targeting the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain, on February 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A man holds a US flag and a sign with a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Getty Images)
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A Zaha Marine Assault Vehicle participates in the Steadfast Dart 2026 NATO military exercise at the Putlos training grounds on February 18, 2026, near Oldenburg in Holstein, Germany. (Getty Images)
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Demonstrators hold a large Iranian flag dating from before the 1979 Islamic revolution during a march in support of the people of Iran in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2026. (Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
