Two weeks later the start of Operation Epic Fury against IranMany questions remain unanswered, but one thing is clear: President Donald Trump has not gotten the war he wanted. His statements in recent days, which have suggested that he had won the warThese measures are intended to calm financial markets and prepare public opinion for a withdrawal. However, it will not be easy. "We will be the ones to determine when the war ends," they retorted defiantly to the Revolutionary Guard, the regime's praetorian guard, a clear indication that the ayatollahs' regime does not feel defeated.

"Tonight we're going somewhere special. You can't bring your camera, but it'll be worth it. You'll see the new Iran," a friend told me four years ago, the last time I was there. for the presidential elections, which was won by the ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi. The place in question was a semi-clandestine bar, a two-level basement accessed by a narrow staircase. It was full of young men dressed in Western style and smoking. But what was most surprising was that most of the women were not wearing the chador on their heads.