Michael Allen, managing director of Beacon Global Strategies and a former national security aide to President George W. Bush, said Iranians feel they have "a lot of new leverage" they didn't have before the US and Israel launched strikes as Iran's government looks to rebuild its influence in the...
Source: [Bloomberg Markets](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-17/iran-feels-it-has-new-leverage-in-mideast-amid-war-video)