How Iran Prepares for Internal and External Conflict as Fear of U.S. Nuclear Escalation Grows.

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The appointment of loyalists to the hard-line Islamic regime by the supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at the main security posts reveals his willingness to keep the country at the war, while in Washington there are growing signs that the White House would be contemplating the use of short-range nuclear weapons to force a conflict to end.