While much of Iran's senior leadership has been assassinated, the regime’s ability to rapidly appoint replacements and maintain cohesion points to institutional resilience, say academics. LONDON: Ceasefires are often presented as moments of relief - pauses in violence that open the door to diplomacy. But sometimes they reveal something more consequential: who has actually gained from the war. The ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran may be one of those moments. On the surface,