New Delhi, March 25 -- Former MI6 boss Alex Younger has claimed that Iran currently has the upper hand in its ongoing conflict with the United States.

According to The Economist, Younger said that while he regrets making these remarks, given the violence and brutality of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that several MI6 officers faced, the US did "underestimate the task". He added that, in his view, Washington lost the initiative to Tehran almost two weeks ago.

Elaborating further, the former MI6 boss said that the Islamic Republic regime has been more resilient than anyone would have expected. He said that the country took some "good decisions" as early as last June, when they dispersed military capabilities and delegated t...