According to a US intelligence report, the Iranian government is not in danger of falling apart after two weeks of war.

According to media reports, US intelligence on Thursday showed that despite two weeks of unrelenting US and Israeli warfare, Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not in danger of collapsing. The regime "retains control of the Iranian public" and is not in danger of collapsing, according to a number of intelligence reports. The most recent report was finished in the last few days.

US President Donald Trump hinted that he would terminate the largest US military operation since 2003 "soon," despite mounting political pressure over rising oil prices. However, if Iran's hardline leaders continue to hold onto power, it may be challenging to find a peaceful conclusion to the conflict.

Despite the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, the first day of the US and Israeli strikes, the US intelligence report also highlighted the unity of Iran's clerical leadership.

However, Israeli officials admitted in private talks that there is no guarantee that the war will result in the fall of the clerical government. The report emphasized the fluidity of the situation on the ground and the potential for changes in Iranian dynamics.

In the meantime, Iran attacked commercial ships and the world's busiest international airport on Wednesday. US and Israeli strikes shook Tehran, and the UN's most powerful body called for an end to the Islamic Republic's strikes on its Gulf neighbors that threaten global oil supplies.

The most recent attacks were part of Iran's plan to cause enough economic pain around the world to force the US and Israel to end the war that started 12 days ago. But there was no sign that the fighting was slowing down.

The Pentagon told Congress in a briefing earlier this week that the first week of war with Iran cost the US $11.3 billion. A person who was there and spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk about the private meeting said this. The military said that in the first weekend of the war, they spent $5 billion on weapons alone.

As the conflict disrupts trade routes, chokes fuel and fertilizer supplies coming out of the Gulf, and jeopardizes air travel through one of the most traveled areas in the world, both sides have dug in, hoping to outlast the other.

A fifth of all traded oil passes through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blocked by targeting oil fields and refineries in Gulf Arab countries. In an effort to mitigate the impact of the war on energy markets, the International Energy Agency agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil, the largest amount of emergency oil reserves in its history. In an effort to counteract rising prices, the US intended to release 172 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve next week.