The Islamic Republic’s military is split, its leadership is gone, and foreign fighters are being paid cash to fill the gap. Bijan Kian, the first Iranian American to serve two U.S. presidents directly as a member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, walks through the internal structure that has kept this regime funded for 47 years, and why its collapse would create one of the largest economic openings in the Middle East. The timeline may be shorter than markets are pricing in.

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