(BBC News) Frank Gardner - Iran has been able to successfully embed itself across the Middle East, according to a new 217-page report published Thursday by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). "The Islamic Republic of Iran has tipped the balance of effective force in the Middle East in its favor," says the report. It has achieved this "by countering superior conventional forces with influence operations and use of third-party forces."
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