Could Hezbollah survive the fall of the Iranian regime?

Is there life after the Islamic Republic? At a time when Tehran is under unprecedented pressure from the protest movement and the threat of U.S. military intervention, the prospect of the regime’s collapse is on everyone’s mind. This would be a real regional cataclysm, given the influence that Iran has had in the Middle East for nearly five decades. In Lebanon, the effect of a regime change in Tehran would be all the more significant as it would deprive Hezbollah of its strategic patron during its standoff over placing all weapons under state control and decisions of war and peace. Dive deeper A two-phase US plan against Iran could include Lebanon; Hezbollah advised to agree on settlement Hezbollah was already severely weakened by its war against Israel in the fall of 2024, followed by the fall of its ally, Bashar al-Assad, in Syria...