As IRGC authority degrades in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province, will Azerbaijani organizational structures follow the same arc as those of the Kurdish YPG during the Syria civil war?

Increasingly desperate to ease Iran’s water crisis, the authorities are now looking to harness the likely toxic waters of the Aras River.

The Iran regime is willing to allocate substantial funds for proxy wars abroad while proving unable to meet the basic necessities of its citizens. Such is not a recipe for stability going forward.