Iran does not need to beat the Americans militarily. It just needs to outlast them

Submitted by Marco Carnelos on Tue, 09/15/2026 - 19:59 As Yemen's Houthis ramp up the costs of war in the Gulf, Tehran is wagering on US elections to bring a political sea change A man cycles past a mural depicting the late Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran on 24 July 2026 (AFP) Off The usual suspects might have declared Iran’s “axis of resistance” defeated too early. Two separate theatres of the Middle East’s widening conflict produced results in a few days that, taken t