The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was the culmination of an incredibly bad year Government of Iran.
The Islamic Republic suffered major disasters in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, reducing the power of the so-called Axis of Resistance. Its currency officially became the lowest in the world at any time Israel disbanded its proxy forcesThe US elected a president that Iran despises so much that it spent years trying to kill him.
Here's a look back at the punishments suffered by Ayatollah Ali Khameini and his regime over the past year:
The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was the culmination of a very bad year for the Iranian government. (Office of Iran's Supreme Leader via AP, File)
April: attack against Israel fails to cause damage
In April, Israel bombed the Iranian embassy in Syria, prompting Iran to fire more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel. But Israel has worked with the US, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to shoot down almost every missile and plane.
May: The President dies in a helicopter crash
The late president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, died in a helicopter crash while visiting a remote area. Iran has blamed the disaster on dense fog. Raisi was a supporter and potential successor to Iran's supreme leader, Khamenei.
July: a senior Hamas commander is released
As Iran inaugurated a new president this summer, Israel intervened to expel Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh while he was visiting Tehran for the inauguration. While Haniyeh was staying at a government VIP guest house, Israel detonated a remote-controlled bomb.
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October: The head of Hamas and the mastermind of the October 7 attack is killed
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) withdrew Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar after meeting him on a routine patrol in the Gaza city of Rafah. Sinwar was the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, in Israel and was one of the most wanted men in the war.
Hamas has lost thousands of fighters and much of its leadership in attacks on Israel and is nowhere near the threatening force on Israel's borders that Iran had hoped it would be.
The IDF took out Hamas head Yahya Sinwar after encountering him on a routine patrol in the Gaza city of Rafah. (AP)
November: Trump is elected
Iran's currency has fallen sharply on the news of Trump's election, and the expectation that he may roll back the policy of “high pressure”.
Iran's rial has fallen 46% this year, making it the world's weakest currency.
Iran has long vowed revenge for Trump's 2019 assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani – and US intelligence revealed Tehran's plans to assassinate the president-elect.
After that The Trump administration pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, imposed severe sanctions on the government to stop its funding of foreign proxies, barred US citizens from doing business with Iran or handling money of Iran.
It also punished foreign entities that did business with Iran, by removing them from the dollar.
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President Joe Biden it has often lifted such sanctions, eager to bring Tehran back to the negotiating table to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons and fearing a spike in global oil prices.
Iran's currency has fallen sharply on the news of Trump's election, and the expectation that he may roll back the policy of “high pressure”. (AP Photos)
Iran has gained access to more than $10 billion per Department of State sanctions that have allowed Iraq to continue buying energy from Iran, which the Biden administration says is necessary to keep the lights on in Baghdad.
November: Hezbollah signs a ceasefire with Israel
In the fall, Israel renewed most of its efforts to hit Hezbollah after a series of cross-border attacks from the Lebanese militant group. Israel targeted Hezbollah's leadership and blew up hundreds of pagers the group used to communicate. In late November, Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in which it and Israel must end their military presence in southern Lebanon.
Both sides said the other had broken a weak deal, but it apparently lasted weeks.
December: Assad falls
Syrian rebels sent Iran's Quds Force, an extension of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, on the run as they captured Damascus and ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Iranian forces had been in Syria supporting Assad since the civil war broke out in 2011, but had been reduced since fighting broke out elsewhere in the Middle East.
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The new Syrian government is intended to be run by Sunni Muslims, in opposition to the Shiite government in Iran. And Iran lost the key supply line in Syria it had previously armed Hezbollah in its war against Israel.