A US Navy jet takes off from the USS Dwight D Eisenhower for strikes on positions of Houthi rebels in Yemen, February 3, 2024
Iran’s Weakened Regime, Tough Talk, and the Killing of US Troops
I joined India’s WION News on Sunday to analyze the state of US-Iran confrontation across the Middle East, following American retaliation over the killing and wounding of US troops by Iranian-linked militias.
I review overnight US and UK attacks on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, following 85 US strikes late Thursday on the militias in Syria and Iraq.
UPDATES: US Strikes 85 Iran-Linked Targets Across Iraq and Syria
Then I get to the heart of the issue: facing economic and social tensions at home, Iran’s regime has tried to talk and act tough, only to get punched in the nose. Will it risk further attacks on American personnel and on shipping in the Red Sea?
Iran’s Film Festival Sparks Embarrassment and Protests
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202402043594
Iran’s Public Education Heading Back To The 19th Century
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202402042980
Turning young minds into goosaleh (cattle) is a long established method of clerics….
If the Israel-Gaza conflict is the “fundamental problem,” isn’t the ball in the US court rather than Iran’s court? Iran, Turkey, and the Arab states see the US as acting as a co-belligerent in Israel’s conflict with Gaza.
750 more candidates reinstated by the Guardians Council’s provincial committees: https://www.farsnews.ir/news/14021115000527
This means that more than 14,000 have so far been approved, with still more decisions due next week. In 2020, about 7,000 were approved to run.