❗️Iranian scholar argues Tehran's 'cognitive warfare' exploits US hesitation to restrict Trump's options Tehran's strategic posture has effectively deepened domestic political vulnerabilities for US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, significantly narrowing their strategic maneuverability in their ongoing military campaign against Iran, according to Iranian political analyst Hassan Ahmadian. In an analysis published on social media following the US midterm elections, Ahmadian asserted that Trump's hesitation stems from an inability to guarantee that a limited military strike against Iran would yield a decisive victory without triggering an all-out regional escalation. "If Trump had a clear idea of how the war could end with a limited strike, and was confident it would end with a symbolic strike, he wouldn’t have hesitated to hit Iran and tell the American public he’d won," Ahmadian noted, emphasizing that the absence of a clear exit strategy has fueled internal fractures within the US administration. Ahmadian highlighted that Iran's "cognitive warfare" has successfully maintained strategic ambiguity, leaving Washington unable to predict the full scale of Tehran's retaliatory response to potential strikes. Warning that the US administration faces an accelerating countdown, the scholar concluded that Trump must urgently determine his military strategy before January.