Publication

This publication contends that the Middle East crossed a profound threshold in September 2019. To outline why, the text’s author addresses 1) the significance of attendance of the Shiite-Iraqi leader Hojjat al-Islam Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr at a ceremony in Iran, including what this demonstrates about Tehran’s relations with its proxies; 2) the 14 September drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities; 3) how Iran is convinced that the US is capitulating and withdrawing from the Middle East, and that Tehran intends to work to expedite this course of action, and more.