WhileIranhas lived with international isolation for decades, from the1979 embassy takeoverto the long war withIraqin the 1980s, observers say the pressures it is facing today are of a different order. Old alliances are collapsing and the country…

WhileIranhas lived with international isolation for decades, from the1979 embassy takeoverto the long war withIraqin the 1980s, observers say the pressures it is facing today are of a different order. Old alliances are collapsing and the country…