Trump’s goals in Iran have shifted. What has been achieved so far?
3 April 2026
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Iran and the US
They were prepared to take more pain because they were told the stakes are higher,” Matthew Savill, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) think tank, said... the regime had “lost legitimacy — but that doesn’t mean it is about to fall. What if it limps on for several more years?”...“They are still launching drones and ballistic missiles. They are playing a numbers game. The mission is not accomplished yet.”

