Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a graduation ceremony for cadets from armed forces academies in Tehran, Oct. 3, 2022. (Credit: AFP)
To have the Israelis grasp that Iran and its allies are capable of restoring their deterrence capabilities: That’s the main issue for Tehran’s reaction to the attack that killed Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, just a few hours after the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah’s high-ranking commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut’s southern suburbs.But at what cost? On Saturday, Iranian officials reportedly told Arab diplomats that they did not care whether the retaliation triggered a war, the Wall Street Journal quoted sources as saying. The Iranian authorities vowed a response commensurate with the affront, which exposed the security weaknesses of the “Axis of Resistance” network.During the last Iranian-Israeli escalation in April, following an Israeli strike on the Iranian consular annex in Damascus, Tehran’s response was calibrated and...
To have the Israelis grasp that Iran and its allies are capable of restoring their deterrence capabilities: That’s the main issue for Tehran’s reaction to the attack that killed Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, just a few hours after the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah’s high-ranking commander Fouad Shukur in Beirut’s southern suburbs.But at what cost? On Saturday, Iranian officials reportedly told Arab diplomats that they did not care whether the retaliation triggered a war, the Wall Street Journal quoted sources as saying. The Iranian authorities vowed a response commensurate with the affront, which exposed the security weaknesses of the “Axis of Resistance” network.During the last Iranian-Israeli escalation in April, following an Israeli strike on the Iranian consular annex in Damascus, Tehran’s response was...
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