Published: · Region: Iran · Category: Forecast

US–Iran Conflict Settles Into Protracted Low-Intensity Infrastructure and Proxy War

Theater: Iran
Time horizon: 30d
Published: 2026-06-10
Moderate confidence (70%)
Risk direction: escalatory · Impact: CRITICAL

Executive summary

Over the next 30 days, the US–Iran confrontation is likely to evolve into a sustained pattern of low-to-medium-intensity strikes on infrastructure and proxy assets rather than a short, decisive exchange. The US will selectively hit Iranian military and dual-use nodes, while Iran and its allies respond with missile, drone, and proxy attacks on US bases, Gulf infrastructure, and possibly Israeli targets, calibrated to avoid all-out war. This normalization of infrastructure warfare will entrench higher regional threat levels and complicate any diplomatic off-ramp, while keeping global energy markets under a chronic risk premium. Confirmation would be recurring but geographically contained strikes every few days and continued mediation without comprehensive ceasefire; disconfirmation…

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