With a Deal Seemingly Close, the U.S. Faces an Iran More Willing to Withstand Pressure NYT - Top Stories By: Steven Erlanger 13 June 2026 at 10:02 The war has produced regime change, but Iran’s new leaders are more willing to take risks and believe they have already absorbed the worst that America and Israel can deliver. © Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York TimesMembers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in April at a government-organized march in Tehran.