There is a principle in clinical psychology called symptom substitution. When a therapist blocks a patient's compulsive behaviour – nail-biting, hair-pulling – without treating the underlying anxiety that drives it, the compulsion does not vanish. It migrates to a new outlet. The surface behaviour changes; the root condition does not. The analogy to geopolitics is imperfect but instructive. For four decades, radical Islam's obsessive focus on Israel was the behavioural expres

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Tehran’s Arbaeen message fuses Karbala sacrifice with calls to eliminate Israel and expel U.S. influence.

Eternal Karbala narrative drives Iranian resistance, nuclear persistence, and proxy support despite military setbacks

TIranian clerics declare Trump and Netanyahu moharebs, urging Muslims worldwide to resist threats against Khamenei

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Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran spark Bahrain Shia protests, risking Gulf instability, American interests

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