Strategic Regional Developments and Infrastructure Impact Report

The exodus of civilians from Tehran and other major hubs has created a burgeoning refugee crisis on Iran's borders. Families are fleeing toward the northern and western frontiers, seeking safety from the sustained aerial bombardment. This mass movement of people, combined with the loss of central authority, has created a "special conditions" environment where the very identity of the Iranian state is being redefined under the pressure of war, shifting the Middle East's balance of power in ways that were unthinkable just a few weeks ago.