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Recent scenes from Iran: Members of the Revolutionary Guard pull mock coffins draped in Israeli and U.S. flags as one holds a banner reading "Down with USA" during the state-organized "Janfada," or "Sacrifice for Iran," military parade in Tehran, on Sept. 18, 2026; a pharmacy technician arranges boxes of medicine at a pharmacy in Tehran on Sept. 21, 2026; and children play on a swing at sunrise as cargo ships are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Sept. 28, 2026.

Illinois scholar Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh on America’s war with Iran

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