The home front: How Israel, Iran, and US leaders have been hit by the war

Six months ago, the United States and Israel struck targets across Tehran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian leaders.It fulfilled a long-held ambition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a joint attack with the US on Iran, with Washington now locked in a war from which it is unable to extricate itself.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US-Israel war on Iran, six months down the line: In numberslist 2 of 4After six months of war, what have US, Iran gained and lost?list 3 of 4Six months into the Iran war, a new Gulf security architecture is emerginglist 4 of 4Iran’s leaders acknowledge economic toll of war, pledge diplomacy, defenceend of listThe US’s stated war aims also appear not to have been achieved, with President Donald Trump’s initial claim that Iran’s nuclear capacity had been destroyed now appearing false.Netanyahu might have hoped that the fall of the government in Tehran would be part of his election campaign. And in Iran, the consequences of six months of war have done little to reverse the struggling economy, which appears to be the government’s Achilles heel.United StatesThe cost-of-living crisis was the mainstay of...