All tagged Iran
Iran has recently become an epicenter of the COVID-19, coronavirus, outbreak with multiple members of state leadership testing positive for the disease.
The targeted killing of General Qassem Soleimani will likely spur a series of global soft target attacks against Americans abroad, as well as U.S. and allied interests within the next 30 days. The U.S. strike against Iran’s number one military leader has increased hostility between the two nations. Tehran threatened retaliation against the United States.
The Iraqi public on Friday, October 25 renewed their anti-government protests against corruption and Iranian involvement in Iraqi politics. The Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shabbi (PMF) is very likely involved in subduing Iraqi anti-government protests in an effort to maintain leverage on the Iraqi government.
Saudi Arabia is unlikely to directly retaliate militarily against Iran in response to the recent attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil facilities.
Iran is likely to shift the focus of its Syrian influence-operations by redirecting its assets to rural eastern towns in Syria, which is likely in reaction to Russian gains, and if successful is almost certain to result in multiple key Iranian foreign policy victories.
