Iran’s leaders now face unprecedented peril. The regime has lost its footing, and the global mechanisms to avoid conflict no longer work Dr Sanam Vakil is the director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programme Iran’s leaders now face unprecedented peril. The regime has lost its footing, and the global mechanisms to avoid conflict no longer work Dr Sanam Vakil is the director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programme F orty-seven years on from the Iranian