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https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/tv.guardian.ng/2025/09/lll.jpg501300Iran is projecting power across the Middle East, causing instability with its proxies and disrupting trade routes. The economy is failing, and domestic support for the regime is dwindling. So how powerful is Iran really?