Srinagar, April 21 -- As Trump's idiosyncratic approach to domestic and international politics unravels the US imperium, the Islamic Republic of Iran's soft power is increasing proportionately.

Whatever the denouement of the US-Israel war of aggression on the country, Iran's amplified soft power will be its enduring legacy.

What explains this? What all goes into and informs the matrix of Iran's evolving soft power? How does it undercut Trump's United States?

First, a note on 'soft power'.

Coined by the eminent Harvard professor, late Professor Joseph Nye, soft power means 'the ability of a country or society to attract on account of its values, ideals, and cultural appeal that are seen as moral and legitimate'.

This definition, a rou...