The entry of Hezbollah into active confrontation signals a shift in how Iran is deploying its regional proxies. In the past, Tehran coordinated pressure from multiple fronts simultaneously. Now, the pattern appears different: escalation by stages, adding one arena at a time.

This is not accidental. Iran’s leadership understands that if the Islamic regime falls, the blow would extend far beyond politics. It would strike at the ideological heart of revolutionary Shiite Islam. For the regime in Tehran, survival is not merely strategic—it is existential. The leadership shaped by Ali Khamenei cannot allow such a collapse.

And so the objective becomes clear: prolong the war.