Iran uses proxies to launch drones and missiles across the region, which includes terrorizing the Kurdish region of Iraq, using drones in Syria to threaten Israel and US forces, basing drones in Yemen and Iraq to threaten the Gulf, and also threatening shipping.
Iran has been privy to reports in western media about this potential cooperation. However, Iran’s recent statements offer the same boilerplate attacks on “Zionists” as in the past. Iran appears to have upped the rhetoric on the eve of US President Joe Biden’s visit. The latest threats imply that if a pact does come into being and if it “threatens” Iran then Iran might strike the US or other targets.
However, Iran has already been striking the US in the region in dozens of rocket and drone attacks over the past year.
Iran would prefer to make hurdles for any cooperation by using its contacts in Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait and other states. Iran also knows that any real cooperation, in the form of a “pact” or something that is public and official, requires a lot of work. It’s one thing for countries to share information or even conduct defense deals, it is another to have a real working agreement. READ MORE
