Professor at Johns Hopkins University; The resistance of the Iranians was one of the biggest surprises of this war! Vali Nasser, analyst of international affairs and West Asian studies and professor at Johns Hopkins University: This system, paradoxically, has shown extraordinary 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.