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Iran s Water Domination Strategy: Unleashing Dozens of Armed Speedboats
Yet another example of the unconventional approaches adopted by Tehran to facilitate its asymmetric warfare strategy in the Persian Gulf.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The little vehicles probably aren’t intended to strike the enemy directly, but instead would enable Iran’s asymmetric naval strategy to shut down the Strait of Hormuz in the event of a new conflict in the Persian Gulf.
In 2006, Iranian television showcased a peculiar sea-skimming flying boat, and four years later Tehran triumphantly announced it had three squadrons of them serving in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. News commentators boasted it was one of the few countries to “design and produce such advanced flying boats,” which is technically true.
Pragmatism on the rise in Iran: Why the EU should look to Mohsen Rezaee
Supporters of Iranian presidential candidate, conservative former chief of the Revolutionary Guards Mohsen Rezai, hold posters bearing his portrait during a campaign rally on June 10, 2013 in downtown Tehran, Iran [Majid Saeedi/Getty Images] May 12, 2021 at 12:19 pm
The eyes and ears of much of the world have shifted to Iran s tumultuous political climate, as the country s 18 June presidential elections loom ever closer. While many in the West perceive Iranian politics as a monolith of extremism and militant leaning Islam, the truth is in fact much more complicated.
Anatomy of an intentional escalation: Israel’s approaching hot summer
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Anatomy of an intentional escalation: Israel’s approaching hot summer
The coming months will be tense for Israel and quite possibly very violent. Conflict aligns with the interests of the various Palestinian factions, as well as those of Turkey and Iran.
By David Wurmser
(May 11, 2021 / JNS) There seems to be an escalatory effort underway within Israel, in the administered territories in Judea and Samaria, along Israel’s northern and Gaza borders and even globally, which could lead to great tension, even war, in the coming months. This is not a mutually reinforcing cycle of violence between two sides, but a concerted offensive serving the strategic aims of a number of Israel’s enemies.
Opinion
Iranian Deputy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi leaves the hotel ahead of the meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission, in Vienna, Austria, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
The Biden administration must stop the Iranian regime’s rush toward nuclear weapons threshold capability.
Only about one-fifth of the original Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) of 2015 addresses nuclear issues, with the remaining four-fifths detailing payments to Iran designed to compensate it handsomely for its nuclear concessions. The original deal was endorsed by UNSC Resolution 2231, which granted further incentives to Iran.
The document is rapidly becoming irrelevant, as the limitations it places on Iran are gradually expiring. Six years on, the arms embargo has already expired, and Iran can acquire state-of-the-art defensive weapons systems from Russia to establish strategic immunity to attack. The “call” to Iran to desist from developing and testing ballistic miss