How Tehran’s Proxy Network Could Outlast the Iranian Regime

A month into the Iran war, the United States has offered a 15-point plan to end the hostilities, which includes a broad range of demands on Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, and guarantees on freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. is also insisting on Iranian commitments to stop funding and supporting its network of proxies, including Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthi militants in Yemen, recognizing that these terrorist groups have been one of the major driving forces behind the chaos that currently exists in the region. Yet while U.S. officials are right to press Tehran hard on the proxy front, they should have low expectations that this decades-long problem will be solved in the near term...

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