The strategy included a mix of covert and cyber operations against Iran’s nuclear assets and individuals connected to the nuclear program as well as diplomatic efforts to isolate Iran both globally in the US/EU arena and regionally among the many Sunni Arab states.
Sometimes the strategy has worked brilliantly and sometimes it has flopped, but recent days and weeks have shown that the Islamic Republic is doing its best to challenge the foundation of the strategy itself.
Jerusalem does not need anyone’s permission to carry out covert or cyber operations against Tehran and its nuclear program. But there is certainly more room and legitimacy to do so when the majority of the region’s Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, feel threatened by the ayatollahs and have open hostilities with the Shiite axis.
Iran is advancing ties with other Middle East nations
Instead, last month the Saudis signed a deal with Iran to end hostilities and return to exchanging ambassadors for the first time since 2016. READ MORE
