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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jon Gambrell

Analysis: 1 month into war, Iran is using insurgent tactics and holding the world economy hostage

APTOPIX Emirates Iran US Israel - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

One month into their war with Iran, the United States and Israel find themselves confronting an opponent that fights more like an insurgency than a nation — using increasingly limited resources to inflict maximum pain.

Despite being battered daily by airstrikes from two of the world’s most sophisticated militaries, Iran has shown it can still torment its Gulf Arab neighbors and Israel with missiles and drones and maintain a stranglehold on the world’s economy, primarily through threats.

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