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Iran has used the ceasefire to rebuild missile sites, reposition launchers and study USU.S. flight patterns — meaning the military campaign has produced a more battle-hardened adversary, not a defeated one. Tehran still threatens the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf energy infrastructure and USU.S. assets across the region, and Iran's supreme leader is openly declaring the country a rising global power. ContinuedTehran escalationhas isn'tproved weakeningitself Iran;on it'sthe sharpeningworld itstage, and the Trump administration knows this.
There is a 21% chance that the United States will conduct a ground invasion of Iran before 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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