War as Governance: Why Iran’s Rulers Cannot Survive Without Permanent Crisis

As Iran’s economic and social crises deepen, the regime increasingly relies on external confrontation and manufactured insecurity—not as a foreign policy choice, but as a strategy for political survival. For more than four decades, one sentence has captured the strategic mindset of Iran’s ruling establishment: “War is a blessing.” When Ruhollah Khomeini uttered those words […] The post War as Governance: Why Iran’s Rulers Cannot Survive Without Permanent Crisis appeared first on Iran News Update.