The speaker suggests that Iran calculated that a massive retaliation against the United States might be strategically advantageous compared to a limited conflict, based on the belief that Israel would struggle to sustain a war beyond two weeks.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: CSIS
  United States and Iran on the Brink: What's at Stake? - CSIS

Sources

• United States and Iran on the Brink: What's at Stake? - CSIS www.csis.org CSIS via serper

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• U.S. location
• Iran location
• Israel location