Professor at Johns Hopkins University; The resistance of the Iranians was one of the biggest surprises of this war! Vali Nasser, international affairs and West Asian studies analyst and professor at Johns Hopkins University: This system, paradoxically, has shown considerable agility both on the battlefield and in the internal organization of this war. This ability is one of the biggest surprises of this war. They organized the state in such a way that it could withstand blows. I must admit that before, even I myself did not imagine that the Islamic Republic had such capabilities. including myself.