India, June 7 -- Iran is at its weakest point since the founding of the Islamic Republic even though the regime survives and has appointed a new supreme leader.

A perception has been building that Iran is "winning" the war against the United States and Israel by standing up to the two mighty military powers, and by retaining the capacity to fire a rocket or two at its neighbours, the latest being at the airport in Kuwait, which resulted in the death of an Indian national.

The fact that Iran's clerical regime is still standing, in spite of the brutal decapitation operation carried out by the US and Israel, is adding to the narrative of Iran emerging as a major world power, with its global "reputation" enhanced by its chokehold on the Str...