So nice of the Economist to start off by setting the stage as a free democracy versus a murderous dictatorship. The two are starting look more and more similar each day. Which one has killed more Iranian civilians recently? Trump and Hegseth are openly committing war crimes and threatening genocide while claiming it's not even a war.

The article could have talked all about the meme war and how successful Iranian is at it without first aggrandizing the US and villianizing Iran.