Publication

Sep 2019

This publication reflects on Iran’s geopolitical aspirations. The text’s author contends that 1) Tehran is currently balancing between the publicized confrontation with the US in the Persian Gulf and its real quest for a regional power status, which involves gaining on-land access to the Mediterranean Sea; 2) in internal discussions, Iranian leaders are taking responsibility for the Houthi strike on Saudi Arabia on 14 September 2019, stressing how it was a turning point in Iran’s strategic posture; 3) to expedite the US withdrawal from the Middle East, Iran will keep striking the US’ Persian Gulf protectorates and their hydrocarbon infrastructure, and more.

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Author Yossef Bodansky
Series ISPSW Publications
Issue 647
Publisher Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW)
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