How Sept. 11 Paved the Way to Mideast Power for Iran

2026-09-16 12:49 • ;Neil MacFarquhar
The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 paved the way for Tehran to dominate its neighbor and whetted its appetite to expand its influence across the greater Middle East.
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