Overview
- A last-minute ceasefire ended the US-Israeli campaign with the Islamic Republic still in place and officials casting the truce as a victory.
- Opponents inside Iran say relief from bombing is tempered by fear of more executions and arrests as authorities move to punish perceived dissent.
- Rights groups report 40 days of near-total internet shutdowns, continued hangings tied to January protests and the MEK, and televised coerced confessions.
- The state endured high-level losses, including Ali Khamenei’s killing and Mojtaba Khamenei taking over, yet core security networks kept fighting.
- Earlier US messaging set expectations for weeks more of strikes and exposed Iran’s vast missile infrastructure, but the truce leaves political change and rights demands unresolved.