U.S. Intelligence Assesses Iran Regime Consolidating Power Despite Airstrikes

U.S. intelligence agencies assess that Iran's leadership structure remains largely intact and is not at risk of collapse despite sustained U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. The IRGC has consolidated domestic security control, and intelligence officials predict a weakened but more hard-line government in Tehran. This assessment contradicts the administration's implied objective of regime degradation and raises questions about the war's strategic endgame.