The assassination by the United States of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force, was certainly a major escalation in the two countries’ long-running conflict. But it need not beget World War III, as some pundits are already predicting. Moreover, while the US may have achieved a short-term tactical advantage by killing Soleimani, the Iranian regime could yet benefit from recent developments. Iran has been taking drastic steps to ...